Namolalae Clinic in Malaita province has recorded an outbreak of diarrhoea and dysentery since November. Nurse in Charge Rose Manunu told SIBC News, the clinic now records more than 20 cases including several deaths as a result of the outbreak.
Flu-like symptoms are on the rise in the country. A statement from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services today confirmed this after the National Surveillance Unit of the Ministry reported an increase in people with fever, cough, sore throat and runny nose.
Malu’u mini Hospital in North Malaita has undertaken its final measles campaign throughout North Malaita region. The one-week measles campaign aims to provide measles vaccines for about 700 people and children throughout the region.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and the World Health Organization has announced it is taking action to prepare for an imported case of Ebola virus disease.
The Ministry of Health and the Honiara City Council Health Department have began a drug distribution program to stop the trachoma disease in Honiara City. Trachoma can cause permanent blindness to humans if it is not treated quickly.
The Supervising Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Dr Tenneth Dalipanda says the fight against measles in the country is not yet over and there is no room for complacency.
Health authorities have confirmed seven people have died in the country from measles-related complications, after a six months old baby in Western Province was the latest fatality.
Health authorities in Malaita Province will wrap up the second phase of their measles vaccination program by this weekend. Director for Medical Health Services in the province, Dr Huddie Namo told SIBC news phase two of the vaccination program covers children and people from the ages of six months…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is expecting another 197-thousand doses of measles vaccine to arrive in the country this week. Incident Controller, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Doctor Aaron Oritaimae reveals, the vaccines should arrive by Thursday.
Afio Health Center in Malaita Province has deployed health officers to provide measles vaccination in the southern region of Malaita Province. Richard Hou in Afio reports, Acting Community Health Nurse Consultant Lucy Sita said the health officers will provide awareness about the measles outbreak…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services say more babies over six months old need to be vaccinated against the potentially deadly measles disease. A media statement from the Ministry today said this was despite more than 56-thousand measles vaccines being provided to Honiara to date.
Afio Health Centre in Malaita Province has recorded seven suspected measles cases since the measles outbreak early this year. Richard Hou from Afio told SIBC News, Acting Community Health Nurse Consultant Lucy Sita said, the seven cases do not cover those recorded by surrounding clinics.
The measles outbreak in the country has now claimed three lives, since the outbreak was announced in July this year. This was revealed in a radio talk back show today by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
Provinces are assured, measles surveillance teams are monitoring and feeding the Ministry of Health and Medical Services with information on measles, say Undersecretary of Health Improvement, Dr Tenneth Dalipanda.
Undersecretary for Health Improvement at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr Tenneth Dalipanda says the age group most affected by the measles outbreak are those below 24 months and between 10-24 years.
The Honiara City Council has established eight measles vaccination sites and started visiting schools this week – all in efforts to stop any further spread of measles in the capital. As of last Sunday, the number of clinical cases of measles in Honiara alone rose to over 400.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says, its up-scaling the age range of persons affected with Measles to 30 years is purposely to contain the viral infection. This was confirmed in a radio talk-back show on Measles through the National Broadcaster SIBC yesterday.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has recorded more than 200 measles cases since the outbreak last month. Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr Lester Ross announced measles cases have continued to rise within Honiara and Guadalcanal with over 200 cases reported since the…
The Afio rural health clinic in Small Malaita has recorded a diarrhea outbreak on children. A Richard Hou from Afio told SIBC News, nurses at the clinic Julius Hite and Lucy Sito confirmed children aged between one to 14 years are most affected.
The Good Samaritan Hospital in Tetere, North Guadalcanal has recorded an outbreak of dysentery since June this year. SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer, Dudley Gani said according to the Nurse Manager of the hospital Naomi Vuza, a lot of patients being treated and admitted at the hospital have…
