With the 2024 elections now behind us, HIPHI is gearing up for the 2025 legislative session—a critical time to advance policies that promote the health and well-being of our communities. Through advocacy, we have the power to enact transformative policies…
Keiki Heroes has a new resource focused on general information about vaccinations! While Keiki Heroes originally focused on COVID-19 prevention, educators, families, and health providers expressed a need for a Keiki Heroes comic book that covers other vaccinations keiki need…
Some COVID-19 programs have ended or changed after the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. Free at-home test kits via USPS are no longer available as of May 31, 2023. Some test kits you might have may…
Keiki Heroes promotes health education materials that are culturally relevant and age-appropriate to support the physical, mental, emotional, and social health of children in Hawai‘i. We believe that keiki can be heroes by helping themselves and others to adopt healthy…
In early 2020, the United States declared COVID-19 a national and public health emergency. These declarations provided the federal government with flexibilities and protections for the public. For example, free public access to COVID-19 resources such as testing, vaccines, and…
Finding affordable and reliable childcare close to home has always been a challenge here in Hawai‘i. When the Covid-19 pandemic began, daycare facilities closed and many childcare workers left the industry. As a result, many workers in all industries, including…
Keiki Heroes (KH) is a community initiative created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support local kids, families, educators, and health care professionals. The goal of the work is simple but powerful: our keiki can be empowered to be…
UPCOMING CHANGES We continue to see immense community resilience as we navigate life with COVID-19. Many in-person events have resumed and we want to share and support opportunities to advance health in your homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities. We…
I thought that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic was over when I took my first Nurse Manager position in a small ICU in March of 2021. I could never have imagined that the next wave of the virus would…
