1 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it, together with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and bilateral donors, have signed a joint partnership arrangement for the delivery of the Vanuatu Health Sector Strategy 2010-2016.

Members of the partnership will form a working group together with Ministry of Health directors, its planning officer and finance manager, and support it in annual joint planning and budgeting process. The partners will also review and monitor the execution of business plans, budgets, financial and non-financial reports, and procurement, as well as co-ordinate development assistance and human resource training, and harmonize funding agreements. [SPC Press Release]