Highlights:
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Initial assessment reports confirm destruction ranging from 20 to 90 per cent of houses, schools, clinics, churches and crops.
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UNICEF Child Protection, WASH, Education and Cold Chain experts participating in multi-sector assessments.
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UNICEF staff who are part of the first joint rapid assessment team to reach Tanna Island, have conducted initial assessment of all schools.
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Schools are scheduled to restart on 30 March. UNICEF is establishing temporary learning spaces and delivering school supplies.
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UNICEF-supported measles, polio and tetanus immunisation campaign continues in Port Vila and Efate.
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Joint Statement for Appropriate Infant Feeding in Emergencies, signed by UNICEF, WHO and MoH, has been distributed.
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Supplies delivered to Tuvalu, for onward distribution to remote affected islands
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UNICEF WASH & other supplies are on their way to Temotu province, the most affected areas in the Solomon Islands.