This paper discusses public health services of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The paper provides an overview of SPC and the Pacific Islands, including geography, nationality/culture, and development status. SPC Community Health Programmes (CHP) in the following areas are then described: environmental health; AIDS and STD (sexually transmitted disease); public health surveillance; vector-borne diseases; health promotion; nutrition and non-communicable diseases; the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network; regional epidemiological and health information services; and PACNET (a listserv). A 1998 conference organized by PACNET and WPHNet (Western Pacific HealthNet) is also described. Current SPC library issues are addressed, including a World Wide Web version of the catalog, cooperative efforts, resource sharing, and copyright legislation. (MES)