12 August 2022, Port Vila, Manila, Geneva - Vanuatu has become the most recent country in the world and the first Pacific island country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can cause blindness. This will be the second NTD eliminated from this archipelago nation of 83 islands, after lymphatic filariasis in 2016.
The Honourable Bruno Leingkone, Minister of Health, and Australia’s High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Her Excellency Ms Heidi Bootle, travelled to Sanma Province this week to open a new Health Centre on Malo Island. Community leaders from Sanma province, including Member of Parliament for Malo and Aore constituency, Honourable Wesly Rasu, Chief John Vutilolo and senior officials from the Ministry of Health, including Director General, Russel Tamata, participated in the event.
ANNOUNCING 3RD VANUATU HEALTH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The Ministry of Health has announced that the third Vanuatu Health Research Symposium will be held the 26th to 28th of October 2022 in Luganville.
The Ministry of Health would like to provide an update on the multi-country Monkeypox outbreak reported recently in the media. On July 23, the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The Ministry of Health would like to update the public on the current leptospirosis situation in Vanuatu. FRom 24th May 2022 to 27 July, 9 (nine) new confirmed cases have been reported to the National Surveillance Unit: Seven (7) cases reported in Sanma Province and two (2) which brings the total to 41 cases of Leptospirosis reported in 2022.
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