His Excellency William Soaki, Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency William Soaki joined the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development, Hon.
Eye Care Nurses and Doctors will next week participate in the Annual National Eye Conference in Honiara which is expected to bring together more than 40 eye care workers from the provinces and the regional eye centre as well as a handful of provincial non-communicable diseases coordinators.
Solomon Islands has joint forces with World leaders calling for urgent high-level action to address global scourge of Antimicrobial resistance, AMR. Solomon Islands is represented at a ‘High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance’ at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched the Safe, Green, and Climate-Proof Healthcare Facility Initiative.
Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, was joined by Minister for Health and Medical Services, Hon Paul Popora Bosawai, to announce Australia is boosting its support for Solomon Islands’ national health priorities through more than 20 new and…
By Alfred Pagepitu The Operating Theatre at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) is set to return to its regular operations this week after it went into a period of emergency mode due to the shortage of consumables and anesthetic drugs. Minister for Health and Medical Services, Hon. Dr.
The Minister for Health and Medical Services, the Hon Dr Paul Popora Bosawai and Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, HE Rod Hilton today launched a fully equipped provincial biomolecular laboratory at Lata Provincial Hospital in Temotu Province.
The Minister of Health and Medical Services Hon. Paul Bosawai has ordered the immediate termination of certain medical staff found to have removed medicines for own good at certain provincial health facilities.
The Operating Theatre at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has gone into emergency mode, meaning services have scaled down due to shortage of consumables and anaesthetic drugs used for operating patients. At the same time, services within other departments within NRH remain normal.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) together with Health Partners recently commemorated World Breastfeeding Week with the theme ‘Close the Gap: Breastfeeding support for all’.
By Eliza Kukutu The Ministry of Health and Medical Services signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Pharmacopeial Cooperation with the government of India in Honiara yesterday. Minister, Hon. Dr.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) National and Provincial Environmental Health officers, planning officers and stakeholders have successfully completed a three-day workshop on further developing the Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) to build the resilience of health systems…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the Managing Director of Sape Farm, the Hon. Minister Dr Paul Popora Bosawai, recently suspended his own contract to supply and deliver food ration (root crops) to the National Referral Hospital (NRH) kitchen to avoid any conflict of interest.
By Sharon Nanau in Tokyo, Japan The Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Paul Bosawai, the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA) and the Kitano Construction Corporation on Thursday in Tokyo signed the contract for the improvement of the Kilu’ufi Hospital in Malaita province.
By Sharon Nanau in Tokyo, Japan Solomon Islands welcomes Japan’s discussions to improve health services in the Pacific region however they must be country specific. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr.
By Alfred Pagepitu The Makira-Ulawa Provincial Health Director, Dr. John Harara has expressed grave concern over the illegal selling of medicines by non-medical personnel in the province. The issue was raised amidst the critical shortage of essential medicines at the local hospital. Dr.
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) and the National Medical Stores (NMS) are calling on the public to report the illegal sale of drugs and medication. The call is being made following online allegations that certain staff from the NRH and NMS are involved in selling drugs and medication.
By Alfred Pagepitu The health situation in Makira-Ulawa Province is facing a critical crisis due to a severe shortage of essential drugs, according to Dr. John Harara, the Makira-Ulawa Provincial Health Director. Dr.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) yesterday received urgent-needed Medicine and Consumable worth of SBD$500,000 from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The reconstruction work for the Dental Clinic at Atoifi Adventist Hospital (AAH) in East Kwaio, Malaita Province, will resume soon. This reconstruction work has resumed following the arrival of Dr.
