Reports

Government of Vanuatu proposes to provide long-term food aid to the most affected islands. In total, this included 182,000 beneficiaries in SHEFA, TAFEA, MALAMPA, PENAMA & TORBA Provinces. The Food Security and Agriculture Cluster has developed a…

1.0 SITUATION The Tropical cyclone PAM has long gone away from the Solomon Islands leaving behind a sever devastation in several provinces including Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Temotu and some parts of Isabel province. Most of the important…

Highlights About 166,000 people, including 82,000 children on 22 islands in Vanuatu are estimated to have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam. Around 75,000 people are in need of shelter; 110,000 people are without access to clean drinking…

Summary This International Appeal seeks a total of CHF 5,741,776 to enable the IFRC to support the coordinated response on a preliminary basis of the Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS), Kiribati Red Cross Society (KRCS), Solomon Islands…

Highlights The Government is planning to provide immediate food assistance to 162,000 people affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam and has asked WFP to supplement their rations for the next few weeks. Between 22 and 23 March, food was…

General Context The severe tropical cyclone Pam entered in Vanuatu Territorial Waters on 12th March 2015. 250km/h winds destroyed vast parts of the country, including a high impact on telecommunications infrastructures. These infrastructures are being re-established little-by-little…

Highlights On 13 March, Tropical Cyclone Pam caused severe damage to agriculture (crops, fisheries, livestock and forestry) in Vanuatu’s six provinces, posing an immediate and long-term threat to food security. Tafea is the worst affected province, followed…

Highlights IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is rolled out in 19 Evacuation Centres in Shefa Province following the completion of trainings for enumerators. IOM undertook public health assessments in tandem with DTM implementation at ECs. IOM has formalized and…

HIGHLIGHTS • WHO continues to work closely with the Ministry of Health of Vanuatu, international partners and aid organizations to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Pam and coordinate the health response. • The number of deaths caused…

Technical notes 1 . The 2015 age-specific population estimates were derived from a series of Cohort-Component projections, produced by the Statistics for Development Division (Secretariat of the Pacific Community) for the Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VSNO), to…