Strengthening health systems

To strengthen primary healthcare delivery and enable universal health coverage (UHC), through infrastructure improvements, supply chain optimisation, workforce capacity building, targeted community outreach, and strategic partnerships on key public health initiatives.

• Assessments of clinics across the provinces to check infrastructure, equipment, and medical supplies, in addition to repairing or renewing solar panels, battery systems, lights and vaccine fridges which are essential for community health facilities.
• Safe storage and transportation of medical equipment and supplies and strengthening supply chain of medical supplies in Vanuatu.
• Strengthening health information systems across all levels of the health system, by being a platform that brings expertise from the Ministry of Health to train local nurses in their own clinics and providing internet capabilities for timely reporting.
• Oxygen resupply to the hardest to reach facilities that would otherwise would never be able to access oxygen using HELPR-1’s oxygen concentrator.
• Facilitate regular and guaranteed integrated primary healthcare team outreaches to all remote communities in all provinces.
• Facilitate capacity building and training of remote health workers through provision of direct training and/or supervisory visits.
• Health surveillance and onboard testing for vector borne and other illnesses, using the onboard GeneXpert machine, with capabilties to test for multiple diseases including respiratory, TB multi-drug resistance, HPV.