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Lessons from COVID-19-free Vanuatu: intensive health operations for Phase 1 of repatriation and quarantine, May–July 2020

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
International borders to Vanuatu closed on 23 March 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In May–July 2020, the Government of Vanuatu focused on the safe and timely return of citizens and residents while ensuring Vanuatu remained COVID-19 free. Under
Posikai Samuel Tapo, Tessa B Knox, Caroline van Gemert, Obed Manwo, Edna Iavro, Wendy Williams, Rosaria Maurice, Griffith Harrison, Matthew Cornish, Michael Benjamin, Vincent Atua, Jimmy Obed, Geoff Clark, Philippe Guyant, Basil Leodoro, Len Tarivonda   +15 more
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Comparison of strategies for daily surveillance of international travellers quarantined in Vanuatu, October–December 2020

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022
Objective: To prevent importation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to Vanuatu, since March 2020, all travellers to the country have been required to complete a 14-day quarantine in a government-designated facility. A short message service (SMS, or “
Caroline van Gemert, Wendy Williams, Joanne Mariasua, Debbie Fred, Matthew Cornish, Len Tarivonda, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Vincent Atua, Obed Manwo, Philippe Guyant, Lola Iavro, Geoff Clark   +11 more
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Challenges to implementation and strengthening of initial COVID-19 surveillance in Vanuatu: January–April 2020

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is vulnerable to emerging infectious diseases, including epidemics and pandemics; chronic food and water insecurity; and natural hazards, including cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and flooding.
Wendy Williams, Caroline van Gemert, Joanne Mariasua, Edna Iavro, Debbie Fred, Johnny Nausien, Obed Manwo, Vincent Atua, George Junior Pakoa, Annie Tassiets, Tessa B Knox, Michael Buttsworth, Geoff Clark, Matthew Cornish, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Len Tarivonda, Philippe Guyant   +16 more
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Controlling Fictions: Methodological Paradoxes and Political Dead Ends of the New Melanesian Ethnography

Наукові записки Наукма: Історія і теорія культури, 2021
The paper contributes to the anthropological debate surrounding the methodology of the New Melanesian Ethnography and the model of the dividual personhood it is based on. The author introduces a disciplinary and historical context in which the theory was
Yevhenii Osiievskyi
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“I'm scared to talk about it”: exploring experiences of incontinence for people with and without disabilities in Vanuatu, using mixed methods

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2021
Background: Incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine and/or faeces. It is stigmatised and can reduce quality of life. People with incontinence require water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and incontinence products.
Jane Wilbur, Chloe Morrison, Luke Bambery, Jamie Tanguay, Sally Baker, Philip Sheppard, Jeanine Shem, Judith Iakavai, Relvie Poilapa, Islay Mactaggart   +9 more
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Vanuatu

IMF Staff Country Reports, 2021
The Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) requested a mission by the IMF’s Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC) for conducting a feasibility study on the implementation of a quarterly national accounts (QNA) in Vanuatu. This study outlines the staff, organizational and data requirements for Vanuatu to implement a quarterly national
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“The weather is not good”: exploring the menstrual health experiences of menstruators with and without disabilities in Vanuatu

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
Summary: Background: Menstrual health is essential for gender equality and achieving the sustainable development goals. Though currently lacking, understanding and addressing menstrual health and social related inequalities requires comparison of ...
Jane Wilbur, Chloe Morrison, Judith Iakavai, Jeanine Shem, Relvie Poilapa, Luke Bambery, Sally Baker, Jamie Tanguay, Philip Sheppard, Lena Morgon Banks, Islay Mactaggart   +10 more
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Archaeological studies of shell-remains at Punangatu (Futuna island/Vanuatu) – How can we identify and classify shellfish to understand their historical use? [PDF]

Pacific Geographies, 2020
This article, based on the master’s thesis of the first author, aims to identify and classify by species different shellfish collected in a Vanuatu archaeological site.
Lucas Sarvanu, Matthias Kowasch
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‘Most nurses in the rural or remote health clinics run away from their job due to no remote allowances and poor working equipment and environment'. Health professional leaders’ perception of shortages in the nursing workforce in underserved areas in Vanuatu

Rural and Remote Health, 2022
Introduction: Health professional leaders are key informants working at senior levels in various health facilities in the areas of policies and planning processes, and human resources.
Adel Tamata, Masoud Mohammadnezhad
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Prospects and constraints of post-cyclone housing reconstruction in Vanuatu drawing from the experience of tropical cyclone Harold

Progress in Disaster Science, 2020
Vanuatu is one of the countries in the world most at risk from natural hazards. This Pacific island country is frequently struck by ferocious tropical cyclones, such as Cyclone Harold in April 2020, causing massive devastation to the housing sector ...
Iftekhar Ahmed, Ted McDonnell
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