This week the Ministry of Health’s Mental Health Team is conducting Suicide Prevention Awareness in certain schools and communities in Sanma Province to commemorate world suicide prevention day which commemorated each year, 10 September.
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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 Ministry of Health would like to update on the Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) cases in Vanuatu. From 1 to 7 August, the National Surveillance unit recorded 474 Influenza like Illness cases. The number of new cases decreased nationally by 47% from the previous week. Total suspected Influenza like Illness cases recorded is 9845; 38% from Sanma province, 30 % from Shefa Province, 12% from Penama Province, 8% from Tafea province, 7% from Torba province and 5% from Malampa Province. To date, nine (9) Cases has been hospitalised, all have underlying conditions.
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.