The Ioananen Clinic Project significantly enhanced healthcare access and sanitation facilities for the 10,000 people in the Tanasul community on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. This comprehensive initiative focused on rehabilitating the clinic’s water supply, improving sanitation with a new septic system and toilet/shower block, and making the facility fully accessible with new dormitories for women and an expanded front portch.
The Crisis: A community of 10,000 with a clinic in ruins, no medical staff, and a 1-in-50 infant mortality risk for home births.
The Solution: A full-scale restoration of the maternity ward, inpatient rooms, and sanitation facilities.
The Result:
90 babies born in a safe, clean environment.
Full Staffing: The Ministry of Health has officially returned to the facility.
