Solomon Islands and Vanuatu residents will soon notice new bed nets being distributed throughout their communities.
The long-lasting bed nets are impregnated with insecticide which will help in the control of mosquitoes that act as vectors for the spread of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Over 250,000 nets have already arrived and another 200,000 are on the way to Port Vila and Honiara, from where they will be distributed to provincial centres by the national malaria and vector borne disease control programs. The aim is for everyone at risk to sleep under an insecticidal bed net every night.

They are especially important for children and pregnant women.

Bella Centre, Copenhague, Danemark: 15 décembre 2009 – On annonce aujourd'hui à Copenhague (Danemark) que l’Allemagne s'engage à allouer 10 millions d'euros supplémentaires à des programmes consacrés aux changements climatiques dans les pays océaniens.
Cette enveloppe s'ajoute à celle de 4,2 millions d'euros qui finance le Projet régional CPS/GTZ d’adaptation aux changements climatiques dans la région du Pacifique, en cours d’exécution dans trois pays : les Îles Fidji, les Tonga et Vanuatu.

Certes, il reste encore à peaufiner les détails, mais cet engagement vise à intensifier les efforts actuellement déployés, et à permettre la mise en œuvre des programmes d’action et des stratégies nationaux grâce à des mécanismes tels que des inventaires forestiers et des programmes de consultation et de renforcement des capacités.

The European Union (EU) has signed an agreement granting FJD $ 2 Million to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) for a project to strengthen the cultural sector in six Pacific Island countries. This SPC project is called "Structuring the Cultural Sector in the Pacific for Improved Human Development" and resulted from a call for proposals for projects under the theme "Investing in People" Thematic Programme.

Countries to benefit from the project include the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The project, spanning 30 months from when the agreement is signed, is divided into four components which include:

1) The development of cultural policy in six countries;

2) The promotion of cultural industries to the European Union and intra-ACP through the development of a marketing strategy bringing public, private sector and civil society organisations together;

3) The mapping of threatened cultural heritage sites and

4) Exchanges between Pacific and Caribbean museums.