Why did a small island state do so well? The Cook Islands’ Government response to COVID-19. Tuari'i, M., Bates, M., Lush, D., Fidler, M., Williams, B., Futter-Puati, D., & Worth, H. Pacific Health Dialog, 25(2):87–89, July, 2025. Number: 2![Why did a small island state do so well? The Cook Islands’ Government response to COVID-19 [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex Perceived vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States create a dialogue of smallness and susceptibility to the negative impacts of disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cook Islands’ response to COVID-19 stands out as a success story of resilience against implied vulnerability. Modelling showed the Cook Islands was expected to have hundreds of hospitalisations and tens of deaths, a relatively small but potentially significant burden on the small state. To date, the country has experienced five hospitalisations and two deaths. A combination of measures that relied on preparedness, self-reliance and collaboration enabled this small island state to beat the odds and come through the COVID-19 crisis relatively unscathed.
@article{tuarii_why_2025,
title = {Why did a small island state do so well? {The} {Cook} {Islands}’ {Government} response to {COVID}-19},
volume = {25},
copyright = {Copyright (c) 2025 Merita Tuari'i, Metua Bates, Douglas Lush, Megan Fidler, Bob Williams, Debi Futter-Puati, Heather Worth},
issn = {2422-8656},
shorttitle = {Why did a small island state do so well?},
url = {https://www.pacifichealthdialog.nz/index.php/phd/article/view/166?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZTJRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF1ODZsWkJQOXkzWXN1OVg5AR7IuASKo1t0SmsCXeKB_ohrygF4uh2_46aJXBtMZXjIxrH1B9LeNLHU8ZuaoQ_aem_9aFG8N6f8LayK68F1BNNbA},
abstract = {Perceived vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States create a dialogue of smallness and susceptibility to the negative impacts of disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cook Islands’ response to COVID-19 stands out as a success story of resilience against implied vulnerability. Modelling showed the Cook Islands was expected to have hundreds of hospitalisations and tens of deaths, a relatively small but potentially significant burden on the small state. To date, the country has experienced five hospitalisations and two deaths. A combination of measures that relied on preparedness, self-reliance and collaboration enabled this small island state to beat the odds and come through the COVID-19 crisis relatively unscathed.},
language = {en},
number = {2},
urldate = {2025-07-08},
journal = {Pacific Health Dialog},
author = {Tuari'i, Merita and Bates, Metua and Lush, Douglas and Fidler, Megan and Williams, Bob and Futter-Puati, Debi and Worth, Heather},
month = jul,
year = {2025},
note = {Number: 2},
keywords = {COVID-19, Cook Islands, Health Response, Pacific, Pandemic, Small Island Developing States},
pages = {87--89},
}
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