Health crisis continuing in Vanuatu

Aid workers say a health crisis is continuing in Vanuatu, after Cyclone Pam which hit the island nation in the middle of last month.

A woman prepares food with her son in front of their ruined home on the island of Tanna

People in Vanuatu are being given health advice via text message, warning them of the life-threatening diseases in the wake of Cyclone Pam.

 

Aid Agency Save the Children has been providing relief support to the victims and says notifying the community via text has been effective.

 

The agency's country director, Tom Skirrow, spoke with Van Nguyen.