Dr Sala Saketa is a public health physician and holds a master’s degree in public health from the Hebrew University, Israel. She is currently Senior Epidemiologist with the Public Health Division of the Pacific Community (SPC) and leads the work on vector surveillance and control and the use of the One Health approach. Prior to joining SPC she held the position of the Permanent Secretary for Health of Fiji where in 2010 she led the project on ‘Climate change adaptation to protect Human Health’, with Fiji being one of the seven pilot countries of the global initiative jointly implemented by WHO and UNDP with GEF funding support.