Reports

Outbreak Overview On Friday, December 7, 2018, the Palau Ministry of Health alerted the public of an outbreak of dengue fever following the first ever laboratory confirmation of two cases with dengue serotype-3. This poses a significant…

Outbreak Overview Degue-type1 outbreak was declared on the 27th of February 2019 following a laboratory (NZ LabPlus) confirmation of seven (7) Dengue-type1 cases. From 28 January 2019 to end of August 2019, a total number of 83 cases…

Outbreak Overview On Friday, December 7, 2018, the Palau Ministry of Health alerted the public of an outbreak of dengue fever following the first ever laboratory confirmation of two cases with dengue serotype-3. This poses a significant…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The Malampa province in the archipelago of Vanuatu has a volcanic island Ambrym consists of a population of approximately 7,286 people according to the census of 2016. The volcanic major unrest…

Executive Summary The following is a report of a precursory impact study to determine the initial impact of a Men's Behaviour Change (MBC) program run by World Vision Vanuatu (WVV). MBC is a 10-session small group therapy…

In November 2008, USAID assumed responsibility for disaster response and reconstruction in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management…

Message from the President The Marshall Islands Red Cross Society’s (MIRCS) journey towards becoming a fully-fledged National Society is challenging, but has likewise manifested the strong resolve of its volunteers and leaders to create a National Society…

Executive Summary This Annual report covers the period 1st October 2017 until 30th September 2018. Highlights of this report includes: o Recognition by ICRC of the Marshall Islands Red Cross (MIRCS) as the 191st National Society in the world. o…

Summary Vanuatu is an agriculture based economy, with 80% of the population depending entirely on subsistence agriculture for both their daily sustenance and well-being, and collectively the sector accounting for at least 20% of GDP (MALFFB, 2014). In…

Case Definition • Suspected case definition: An acute febrile illness for more than 2 days with two or more of the following: nausea, aches, rash, low white blood cell, joint pain, warning signs • Confirmed case definition: Isolation…