3 Jun 2021
Multi-media consultant/s or firm or CSO to capture community perspectives on environmental pressures and human mobility in Vanuatu
Duty Station: Port Vila, Vanuatu
Type of Appointment: Individual/Team of Consultant(s) or Civil Society Organisation
Estimated Start Date: May/June 2021 – December 2021
Background
Ni-Vanuatu communities are increasingly affected by a range of sudden-onset and slow-onset environmental hazards that are either intensified or accelerated by climate change. Sudden-onset hazards include tropical storms and related storm surges, king tides, heavy rains and winds. Slow-onset processes, including sea level rise, rising sea temperatures, ocean acidification, coastal erosion, temperature and changes to rainfall variability and the El Niño and La Niña climate patterns. These hazards and climatic changes have far reaching impacts on human security in Vanuatu and other Pacific countries. Climate change and disasters may interact with other pre-exis
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Covid 19 coronavirus: All hands on deck as Fiji prepares for worst in outbreak
7 May, 2021 07:51 AM
6 minutes to read
Covid-19 screening and testing is under way in Fiji. Photo / Facebook
RNZ
Fiji s Government is preparing for a worst-case scenario as it deploys a multi-agency response to the country s worrying Covid-19 outbreak.
This week Fiji recorded its third Covid-19 death while health authorities scrambled to find the source of undetected transmission on the main island Viti Levu.
Fiji Health officials are continuing to try to take swabs and test as many people as possible in the Raiwai and Raiwaqa areas, outside of Suva.
Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji s government is preparing for a worst-case scenario as it deploys a multi-agency response to the country s worrying Covid-19 outbreak.
This week Fiji recorded its third Covid-19 death while health authorities scrambled to find the source of undetected transmission on the main island Viti Levu.
Covid-19 screening and testing underway in Fiji.
Photo: Facebook/Fiji govt
Fiji Health officials are continuing to try and take swabs and test as many people as possible in the Raiwai and Raiwaqa areas, outside of Suva.
A mobile team has been set up at a primary school to immediately allow officials to screen the community after cases of Covid-19 were recorded.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Seven new community cases detected as Fiji prepares for worst in outbreak
7 May, 2021 07:51 AM
6 minutes to read
NZ epidemiologist Michael Baker says Fiji’s outbreak will put its healthcare system to the test. Video / FBC News
NZ epidemiologist Michael Baker says Fiji’s outbreak will put its healthcare system to the test. Video / FBC News
RNZ
Fiji s Government is preparing for a worst-case scenario as it deploys a multi-agency response to the country s worrying Covid-19 outbreak.
This week Fiji recorded its third Covid-19 death while health authorities scrambled to find the source of undetected transmission on the main island Viti Levu.