Health Performance Improvement Initiative
In February, 2026, the RMI sailing-cargo vessel Juren Ae took a team from the Ministry of Health and Human Services to 17 atolls and one island, Jabat. The team was working on a health improvement initiative, which included a survey of how health and communication was improving. They also installed new equipment and provided the health assistant with medical supplies.
The photos are by Ellinoora Markkanen for GIZ.
JABAT FACT FILE
Population RMI Census 2021: 75 (41 males, 34 females). Land Area: 0.23 square miles. Mayor: Heine Lomwe. Nitijela Member: Kessai Note. The photos in the carousel below were provided by Kessai's daughter Marissa Note. The flag was designed by Kessai's wife Mary.
Unlike most of the other islands in the Marshall Islands, Jabat Island, sometimes called Jabwot Island, is a rocky island rather than a coral atoll, although it is surrounded by fringing shallow water coral reefs that extend for several kilometers beyond the outer reef to the north and south.
Former President Kessai Note, pictured, is the Nitijela Member for Jabat. He was born on Ailinglaplap Atoll on August 7, 1950. He is the son of Hesa and May Note. He was President from January 10, 2000, to January 14, 2008.
