A health response plan for natural disasters and climate change
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Vanuatu now has a plan to guide the Ministry of Health (MoH) to prepare, respond and recover from natural disasters such as cyclones, volcanoes earthquakes and climate change impacts.
The National Health Plan for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation 2021-2025 was launched by the Minister of Health, Silas Bule, in the presence of stakeholders yesterday.
The plan will ensure that the MoH can successfully address immediate and longer-term disaster management challenges face by communities and the country as a whole, said Minister Bule.
”It will support the health and wellbeing of the people of Vanuatu through minimal disruption of the delivery of quality essential health services during and in the aftermath of natural disasters.