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Vanuatu Non-Communicable Disease Policy and Strategic Plan 2021-2030
It is 10 years passed since Pacific Ministers declared that the Pacific is facing NCD crisis at Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in 2011. It is the same year, when NCD has been brought to Global Agenda and high-level UN commitments and summits. Since then Vanuatu...
Vanuatu Mental Health Strategy and Strategic Plan 2021-2025
This is timely to renew Vanuatu Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan (2021-2030) as Vanuatu is prone to natural disasters such as cyclone, volcano ashes and public health emergencies. The year 2020 was especially challenging as our country faced Tropical Cyclone...
Vanuatu Health Sector Strategy and Strategic Plan 2021-2030
The Health Sector Strategy (HSS) aims to transform our health system to be resilient to health threats, and to accelerate progress made to date to improve health outcomes for the people of Vanuatu. Our approach embraces opportunities for innovation and explores...
Clinical Management of Rape Sexual Violence and Gender-based Violence Standard Operation Procedures
This is the first SOP developed by the Ministry of Health as a guide to ensure proper processes and documentation are followed in response to SGBV. The SOP contributes to the overall vision of the Ministry of Health, “A healthy, prosperous and sustainable Vanuatu in...
Health Facility Readiness and Service Availability (HFRSA) Assessment
Click here to read the Health Facility Readiness and Service Availability (HFRSA) Assessment.
National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy 2017-2030
Access to improved water and sanitation facilities does not, on its own, necessarily lead to improved health. There is now very clear evidence showing the importance of hygienic behaviour, in particular hand-washing with soap at critical times: after going to the...
Vanuatu Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan 2016-2020
To read the full report click here. Health is defined as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing’.[1] It is therefore essential that mental health be understood as a fundamental component of overall well-being of both the individual and broader...
Second Generation Surveillance of Antenatal Women, STI Clinic Clients and Youth
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary Vanuatu is comprised of a Y-shaped collection of 80 islands, 65 of these being inhabited. The country spans a distance of 1,100km from the Torres Islands in the far north to the barren Matthew and Hunter...