AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHeart health in the community: Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health has launched the HeartCare app, a Pacific-first digital tool that lets trained community health workers and partners screen for cardiovascular risk earlier—aiming to catch high blood pressure and other warning signs before heart attacks or strokes. Clean water for remote Malekula: A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints humanitarian programme is handing over two newly completed water supply systems on Malekula, designed to deliver safe drinking water to around 2,000 people via public tap stands, alongside eye health outreach and sanitation support. Border health and drug risk: Vanuatu is preparing its first National Summit on Border Security and Preparedness for Emerging Drug and HIV Threats (7–8 July in Port Vila), bringing border agencies and ministries together to plan a coordinated public health and security response. Rural reality check: A World Bank map shows Vanuatu remains among the world’s most majority-rural countries (about 73.85% rural population), underscoring why community-based health access matters. Pacific security backdrop: Australia and Fiji sign the Ocean of Peace Alliance with $1b support over 10 years, while China confirms a ballistic missile test in the region—developments that may shape regional stability and, indirectly, health and service planning.
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