Marshall Islands
Disasters
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- Red Cross supports mass tuberculosis and leprosy screening in the Marshall Islands
- New projects to boost renewable energy and improve climate resilience in Marshall Islands
- Marshall Islands: Location Map (2013)
- Pacific: Republic of the Marshall Islands Drought Situation Report No. 3 (as of 21 May 2013)
- Drought hit atolls to receive help
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Federal States of Micronesia, French Polynesia
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: American Samoa, French Polynesia
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Polio
- PNG: Southern Highlands has reported the country's 19th polio case since June 2018 and 3 cases are pending confirmation. The case a 1-year-old male did not receive the polio emergency vaccination. Source: PROMED
Dengue
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), French Polynesia
Prolonged fever: FSM
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Polio
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Samoa
• Influenza-like illness: Northern Marianna Islands
Other Update:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Northern Mariana Is, Samoa
- Dengue-like illness: French Polynesia, Palau
Other Updates:
Polio
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2018 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$2.5 million grant to support the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ goal to strengthen resilience to natural hazards, including tropical cyclones and tsunamis, and its ability to respond quickly to disasters.
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: Samoa
Influenza-like illness: Palau
Dengue-like illness: Samoa
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Dengue
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: American Samoa
Prolonged Fever: Tonga
Other Updates:
Polio
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Palau, FSM, Kiribati, Vanuatu, American Samoa
• Diarrhoea: Tokelau
Other Updates:
Polio
By Roger Muller, Marshall Islands Red Cross Society
Marshall Islands Red Cross volunteers are working with the government to conduct a mass tuberculosis and leprosy screening in the North Pacific nation where it is estimated that one in four people are positive with tuberculosis.
Globally, the Marshall Islands ranks in the top ten countries with tuberculosis occurrence and top three for leprosy. While both diseases are infectious, they are both curable and screening is the first step for treatment.
The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) is a network of humanitarian organizations that work together to assist the Pacific island countries prepare for and respond to disasters. During disasters, the PHT provides support to governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and communities in delivering a fast, effective and appropriate disaster response. Outside of disasters, the PHT works with the Pacific governments and partners to ensure that the necessary arrangements are in place to enable effective international support to nationally-led disaster response.
The Country Preparedness Package (CPP) is a joint initiative by the Governments and the Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT). The CPP is intended to strengthen preparedness and collaboration between national and international actors in a disaster response. The CPP is developed and agreed with the national governments before a disaster. Throughout the process, national actors become more aware of the international tools and services and how they can be activated. This will enable a more ‘demand-driven’ response, tailored to the specific context.
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: CNMI, Fiji,Tonga
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Leptospirosis
- Wallis and Futuna confirms 13 cases in since January 2018. For further details please refer to Patrick Lambruschini's PacNet post on 5 September 2018.
Dengue
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: French Polynesia
- Prolonged Fever: Fiji
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Dengue
Ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreak in **American Samoa**. As of 25 August, 2018 there have been 1,085 confirmed cases since 1 November 2016;. The outbreak appears to be slowing down. For further details please refer to Aifili Tufa's PacNet post on 28 August 2018.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has issued a Tsunami Threat for the following coasts, stating:
TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF FIJI... NEW CALEDONIA... AND VANUATU.
The following syndrome was flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Tonga, Northern Mariana Island
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Dengue
- Ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreak in **Kiribati**. As of 16 August, 2018 there have been 1,778 cases since February 2018; including 217 hospitalised cases and two deaths in children. The outbreak appears to be slowing down.
Source: Dengue-like illness SitRep No 29, Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
Polio
The following syndrome was flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Kiribati, French Polynesia
Other Updates:
Dengue
- Ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreak in Kiribati. As of 11 August, 2018 there have been 1,756 cases since February 2018; including 217 hospitalised cases and two deaths in children. The outbreak appears to be slowing down.
Source: Dengue-like illness SitRep No 28, Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
The following syndrome was flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: CNMI, Samoa, Kiribati, Niue
Prolonged Fever: Marshall Island
Diarrhoea: Marshal Island
Influenza like Illness: Tokelau
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Pertussis:
Executive Summary
Communities in the remote, drought prone, northern atolls of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) are trialling new food security measures to increase the availability of local food crops, expand the use of drought resistant crop varieties, improve soil management practices, and establish nurseries.
