Insufficient post-partum data in the country further isolates mothers and females who may need critical and timely intervention. A collective of mothers, known as Mama Talanoa, stated this during the second stakeholder’s dialogue on Post-Partum Depression, organized by ASK4HELP in Suva yesterday. Mama Talanoa states that all aspects of data collection for maternity care and mental health should be prioritized by the Ministry of Health. Article continues after advertisementMercedes Swann from the Mama Talanoa states that the absence of publicly available information, such as PPD data, means that countless women may be suffering in silence, mistaking common symptoms for personal failure. “We’re not hearing the statistics from the media and from the Ministry of Health saying that postpartum depression actually affects up to one in seven women.