26-05-2025
Cook Islands' first Joint External Evaluation seeks to strengthen health security
The Cook Islands Government has put its hand up to take on it's first Joint External Evaluation (JEE), citing health security.
The island is vulnerable to natural disasters, outbreaks and the impacts of climate change, and the JEE mission looked at how they respond to it's health risks.
World Health Organisation's Director of Pacific technical support, Dr Mark Jacobs who led the mission, says they only work with countries who freely volunteer to participate.
"The Cook Islands saw this as an important thing they want to really shows how much commitment there is by the Cook Islands into improving their capacity," said Dr Jacobs.
