Marshall Islands
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Oct 27, 2026
John SheehanHOST
I'm John Sheehan with news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
John SheehanHOST
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is strengthening its health system by improving how leaders measure progress, use data, and make decisions.
John SheehanHOST
On today's Big Impact Report, Francine Wassey Jacklick, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, discusses how the ministry incorporated key performance indicators into its 2024-2030 strategic plan and how flexible funding is helping build long-term institutional capacity.
John SheehanHOST
Francine Wassey-Jacklik, welcome to the show.
Francyne Wase-JacklickGUEST
Thank you, John, for having me today.
15 MINS LATER
Francyne Wase-JacklickGUEST
Thank you, John.
Francyne Wase-JacklickGUEST
Thank you for having me today.
John SheehanHOST
Francine Wassey-Jacklik is an ASTHO member and Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Sami SageGUEST
But to your point about GDP, I'm sorry.
Eitan LevineHOST
Can I just say on that? Maybe with another country like maybe with another country that is smaller, you know, like if the Marshall Islands go away, you know, which is what's happening.
Eitan LevineHOST
No, it's not really going to affect the global conversation right now.
Eitan LevineHOST
Israel is like one of the leading defense manufacturers is a leading AI manufacturer.
Mike RuschHOST
We don't seem to be addressing that in this world today.
Mike RuschHOST
I mean, we've got a huge increase, obviously, in our Hispanic neighbors and people coming from other places, Marshall Islands.
Mike RuschHOST
This has become a much more diverse place where And this is from my opinion of one, but it's becoming or has become in many ways, even more like siloed and divided and pushed part.
Mike RuschHOST
We don't seem to be reckoning with the reality of these things and yet The vision that you lay out there, there are other people trying to tell a different story of what these Ozarks should be.
AshleyHOST
After a month-long siege, the Japanese flushed German soldiers from the Chinese city of Tsingtao in November of 1914.
AshleyHOST
They also wrestled the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands from the hands of the Hun, and provided invaluable support to the Australian Navy in its hunt for the German warship, the SMS Emden.
AshleyHOST
The Japanese proved to be an incredibly effective ally and, naturally, they were incredibly proud of their contributions to the war effort.
AshleyHOST
But when peace finally came in November of 1918, the Japanese felt their efforts went unrewarded.
AshleyHOST
After a month-long siege, the Japanese flushed German soldiers from the Chinese city of Tsingtao in November of 1914.
AshleyHOST
They also wrestled the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands from the hands of the Hun, and provided invaluable support to the Australian Navy in its hunt for the German warship, the SMS Emden.
AshleyHOST
The Japanese proved to be an incredibly effective ally and, naturally, they were incredibly proud of their contributions to the war effort.
AshleyHOST
But when peace finally came in November of 1918, the Japanese felt their efforts went unrewarded.
Jennifer KavanaghGUEST
It would also include Taiwan.
Jennifer KavanaghGUEST
The second island chain is Guam, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands.
Jennifer KavanaghGUEST
These are U.S. territories as well as states that the United States has this COFA arrangement with, which basically the U.S. controls their defense.
Jennifer KavanaghGUEST
The second island chain presence that I argue for, in my view, serves a couple of purposes.
JimAUDIENCE
Hi, Josh.
JimAUDIENCE
It's Jim from the Marshall Islands.
JimAUDIENCE
I have a question.
JimAUDIENCE
I just watched a documentary about a young woman who was killed in her bedroom at her parents' house by her boyfriend, presumably, slit her throat, grabbed her by the hair, dragged her into the bedroom, and said, I did this, and then ran away.
JimAUDIENCE
They just let him go.
JimAUDIENCE
Anyway, some thoughts on if not that case, do you need intent for involuntary manslaughter?
Joshua RitterHOST
Jim, one of my dudes kicking us off this morning from the Marshall Islands already where we're taking quite a trip on the courtroom confidential jet.
Joshua RitterHOST
And we're jumping in the deep end because this is a real heavy duty case.
Alex HorneGUEST
Okay.
Alex HorneGUEST
Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.
Max FoshHOST
Okay.
Max FoshHOST
And what was your, I mean, was this pre the kind of total universal adoption of the internet?
Seth ParidonHOST
I don't know a definitive answer, but I would say probably yeah.
Seth ParidonHOST
I mean, I do know for a fact that after Tarawa, specifically at the Marshall Islands, AP was designated to be used against Japanese fortifications that you could see.
Seth ParidonHOST
Okay.
Seth ParidonHOST
On the beach.
Seth ParidonHOST
The way to go.
Seth ParidonHOST
The way to go.
Seth ParidonHOST
And it proves that to a degree, because you see the Marshall Islands, closing Connelly, or USS Mississippi.
John ParshallHOST
Blessed be his name.
Julie LewisGUEST
So that was my upbringing in a nutshell.
Julie LewisGUEST
We did live overseas for four years in the Marshall Islands in the 1960s, which was sort of unusual.
Julie LewisGUEST
I mean, a lot of people do that now.
Julie LewisGUEST
Um, but we lived on, um, a military base in the, and, uh, called Kwajalein and that's where the Patriot missile was, um, developed the missile that shoots down other missiles.
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