Oidiopsis(Erysiphaceae) onEuphorbiaspp. in Australia and Vanuatu

Ciguatera poisoning in Vanuatu.

Ciguatera poisoning is endemic in many tropical and subtropical countries. We conducted a retrospective study of admissions to two hospitals on the islands of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific region. We estimated the annual hospital admission rate for fish poisoning to be 65 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 55-75)/100,000 population on the island of Santo and 29 (95% CI = 19-43)/100,000 popul...

Pigs , Politics and Social Change in Vanuatu

Pigs have long held great symbolic import for the people of Vanuatu, a sprawling archipelago 1,000 miles northeast of Australia. In most of the indigenous, small-scale communities which comprised traditional Vanuatu society, pig ownership and pig killing conveyed status, wealth, and informal power. Such rituals were the sole measure of social standing and political rank. In this study, I show h...

Resilience and development practice in Vanuatu

Causes of death in Vanuatu

BACKGROUND The population of the Pacific Melanesian country of Vanuatu was 234,000 at the 2009 census. Apart from subsistence activities, economic activity includes tourism and agriculture. Current completeness of vital registration is considered too low to be usable for national statistics; mortality and life expectancy (LE) are derived from indirect demographic estimates from censuses/surveys...

A Vanuatu case study

Vanuatu since 1989 as a means of maintaining the forest environment and providing for rural development. This effort, along with others in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, has encountered some difficulties associated with the introduction of new technologies and approaches. However, the experience in Vanuatu indicates that small sawmills can be successful business ventures and help to ...