Pacific Humanitarian Team COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan Final Report│April 2021
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INTRODUCTION
Changing needs over the course of 2020 Launched in May 2020, the Pacific Humanitarian Team COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan (hereafter referred to as the “Humanitarian Response Plan”) represents the international relief response to the impact of COVID-19 in the Pacific. The Humanitarian Response Plan covered 14 Pacific Countries and Territories (PICTs) - Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia (FMS), Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – and encompassed all humanitarian sectors apart from the immediate health response, which was guided by a separate plan, the COVID-19 PACIFIC HEALTH SECTOR SUPPORT PLAN – Phase 2, coordinated by the Pacific Joint Incident Management Team (JIMT) .
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 5:26 am
SUVA, Fiji – On 26 April, the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) flew vital medical supplies to Kiribati via
the Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, which WFP manages on
behalf of the humanitarian community. This air delivery
demonstrates WFP’s continued support to the COVID-19
response in the region.
On 22 April, the Government of
Kiribati raised an urgent request for intravenous (IV)
fluids which was about to run out in its hospitals. WFP
responded immediately - together with the Australian
Government who procured 6 metric tonnes of IV fluid within
24 hours. The supplies were delivered by WFP to Tarawa via
Press Release – World Food Programme SUVA, Fiji On 26 April, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) flew vital medical supplies to Kiribati via the Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, which WFP manages on behalf of the humanitarian community. This air delivery demonstrates WFPs …
SUVA, Fiji – On 26 April, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) flew vital medical supplies to Kiribati via the Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, which WFP manages on behalf of the humanitarian community. This air delivery demonstrates WFP’s continued support to the COVID-19 response in the region.
On 22 April, the Government of Kiribati raised an urgent request for intravenous (IV) fluids which was about to run out in its hospitals. WFP responded immediately – together with the Australian Government who procured 6 metric tonnes of IV fluid within 24 hours. The supplies were delivered by WFP to Tarawa via Nadi using WFP’s humanitarian flight, along with medical supplies from UNI
WFP
SUVA, Fiji – On 26 April, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) flew vital medical supplies to Kiribati via the Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, which WFP manages on behalf of the humanitarian community. This air delivery demonstrates WFP’s continued support to the COVID-19 response in the region.
On 22 April, the Government of Kiribati raised an urgent request for intravenous (IV) fluids which was about to run out in its hospitals. WFP responded immediately – together with the Australian Government who procured 6 metric tonnes of IV fluid within 24 hours. The supplies were delivered by WFP to Tarawa via Nadi using WFP’s humanitarian flight, along with medical supplies from UNICEF and WHO.