The Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS), with support from the Australian Red Cross and funding from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is implementing a three-year program to strengthen community capacity to prepare for and respond to epidemic disease threats across Sanma and Shefa provinces in Vanuatu.
Operating in 115 communities over three phases, the program equips local volunteers with Epidemic Control for Volunteers and Community Based Surveillance skills to detect, report, and respond to priority health threats such as diarrhoeal diseases, severe respiratory infections, scabies and leptospirosis.
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