HONIARA, the Solomon Islands. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific expert group deployed from Fiji completed a three-day workshop today for Solomon Islands government officials and...
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Solomon Islands students practice COVID-safe return to school
Students in the Solomon Islands have returned to school after a year of disruptions caused by COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns. With the support of Caritas Australia Solomon Islands (CASI), schools...
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Solomon Islands receives additional critical health support from the United States in the on-going battle against COVID-19
Honiara, Solomon Islands, 17 August 2022 – Today, the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of Defense,...
Solomon Islands: Multi-Partner National Cash Working Group (MPCWG) Terms of Reference
1. Background The use of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in emergencies has been rapidly increasing in recent years – with continued uptake by local and international NGO’s as well as UN agencies...
Gender-Responsive Budgeting: empowering Civil Society Organisations with a new advocacy tool
Honiara, Solomon Islands - How much money is spent on ending violence against women and girls, advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment? What is the cost of violence to families, communities...
World Bank Bolsters Community Participation in Climate-Resilient Rural Projects in Solomon Islands
New US$24 million project will strengthen government delivery of essential infrastructure and services for communities and support economic development across all nine provinces WASHINGTON, June 14,...
Over 1,000 schools in Solomon Islands provided with thermometers for safe school re-opening
Honiara, Solomon Islands, 10 June 2022 - Today, UNICEF and the Government of New Zealand, handed over more than 4,000 infrared thermometers to the Ministry of Education and Human Resources...
Solomon Islands schools prepare for reopening
Schools in the Solomon Islands will reopen for the first time this year after a major COVID-19 outbreak delayed the start of the school year by more than five months. Despite being COVID-free for...
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Australia-UNICEF partnership to boost Solomon Islands’ COVID-19 response efforts with 150,930 doses of Pfizer vaccines
Honiara, Solomon Islands, 29 April 2022 – Australia has provided 150,930 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses, under a partnership with UNICEF, to support Solomon Islands’ national vaccine rollout. The...
World Bank Increases its COVID-19 Assistance to Solomon Islands
Additional US$8 million to provide immediate support to COVID-19 emergency response, vaccine access and health system strengthening HONIARA, May 2, 2022 – With Solomon Islands’ COVID-19 situation...
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Vaccinations vital as COVID cripples Pacific countries
Kuala Lumpur/Suva 28 April 2022 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are increasingly concerned for more than 1 million people in Pacific nations as they struggle...
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United States Government supports Solomon Islands with COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines through the COVAX Facility
The United States Government provided 52,650 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Solomon Islands via the COVAX Facility to strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19. Honiara, Solomon...
Key progress achieved on climate related mobility during two-day national consultation
Honiara – Over 40 representatives from government, civil society and the private sector gathered virtually on 9 and 10 March for a two-day national consultation on migration, displacement and planned...
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East Asia and Pacific Economic Recovery Faces Risks from the War in Ukraine, U.S. Monetary Tightening, and China Slowdown [EN/ID/VI/ZH/TH/MN/KM]
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2022—The war in Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries from the COVID-19 shock, the World Bank said on Monday. The war comes on...
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Braving the Storms: East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2022 [EN/ID/VI]
Just as the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region was weathering recurrent COVID storms, 3 new clouds have gathered over the economic horizon: financial tightening in the U.S., structural slowdown in...
World Vision Solomon Islands Annual Impact Report 2021
2021 was a year of both challenges and opportunities for World Vision and its partners, with the impacts of COVID-19 continuing to be felt throughout the year. World Vision's Pacific Aftershocks...
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New Zealand supports Solomon Islands with COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
The Government of New Zealand has provided 100,800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Solomon Islands via the COVAX Facility to strengthen the country’s vaccination rollout. ...
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Solomon Islands struggling with Covid outbreak
Frontline health workers in the Solomon Islands have warned that its health system is on the brink of collapse as the country struggles to deal with a devastating outbreak of Covid-19. The National...
Solomon Islands continue to battle serious COVID-19 outbreak
The Solomon Islands is currently facing its first COVID-19 outbreak during this pandemic, with nearly 6,000 cases recorded and the hospital system on the brink of collapse. The Pacific island nation...
Solomon Islands: COVID-19 Outbreak - Situation Report No. 02 (as of February 23, 2022)
HIGHLIGHTS • COVID-19 Community Transmission for more than 6,000 cases confirmed positive • 7out of 9 Provinces report community transmission of COVID-19 • 85 confirmed deaths • 77 COVID-19 patients...