Postnatal patients at the National Referral Hospital can now access continued care in a more pleasant environment – thanks to the newly refurbished postnatal ward at the Hospital.
Measles cases have dramatically declined in the Solomon Islands. A statement from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services yesterday said this follows a successful administration of 400,000 doses of measles-rubella (MR) vaccines by the ministry in response to the recent measles outbreak in the…
A new drug to fight against pneumonia and meningitis in children has been launched today. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services introduced the new Pneumococcal vaccine – a historic achievement for young children in Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands and Australian governments have officially opened the newly refurbished post-natal ward at the National Referral Hospital today. It was officially opened by the Minister of Health and Medical Services Hon.
The Solomon Islands Business Development (SPBD) and the Ministry of Health and Medical Services have conducted a free medical check-up and awareness for its centre clients in Visale North West Guadalcanal today.
Honiara City Health Promotion Department has today handed over a Bill Board to Mount Horeb School in East Honiara. Chief Health Promotion Officer, HCC Health Promotion Department, Oliver Oli says the billboard hand over to the school Principal this morning is part of a project that HCC Health…
Namuga Mini Hospital in Star Harbour, East Makira will provide a comprehensive level of health services once completed, said Project Coordinator of the hospital, Dr Chris Millar.
Solomon Islands Paediatrician Dr James Auto says the machines handed over to the National Referral Hospital last Friday is part of UNICEF’s wider program with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services support to women and newborn babies in Solomon Islands.
Kirakira hospital in Makira Ulawa province and Tulagi Hospital in Central Islands are beneficiaries from the health equipments donated by the New Zealand Government, said Pediatrician Dr James Auto.
The Acting Head of Obstetrics and Genealogy Department of the National Referral Hospital Dr Ramdinthara Sailo has acknowledged the New Zealand Government for their donation of delivery beds to the Labour ward of the National Referral Hospital through the UNICEF Solomon Islands yesterday.
UNICEF had today handed over two medical equipments to the National Referral Hospital, including a delivery bed for the Hospital’s labour ward. The other equipment was a multi-parameter patient monitor for the Nursery ward.
Solomon Islands is now in ‘dengue season’ and the World Health Organisation Office in the country has begun warning the general public to take action in efforts to minimize the risk of getting dengue fever.
An incomplete clinic project initiated by Australian Mining Company, St Barbara in North Guadalcanal has left residents in Bembe and Koli point questioning what has happened to the project.
The Minister for Agriculture and Livestock has encouraged Solomon Islanders to consume large amounts of locally grown food to prevent “non-communicable or lifestyle diseases”, currently on the rise in the country.
The Honiara City Council Vector Borne Disease Control program (VBDCP) Division is expecting a high transition of Malaria cases once the wet season is over.
A Temotu Pele man says Manuapo Clinic in Lomlom, Temotu Nende, Temotu Province is in dire need for renovation. Mr George Boape says the clinic is in a really bad state, saying it might as well close down. Mr Boape claims, the clinic is no longer in a state to assist sick people in its
The president and chief executive officer of Tri-marine International Mr. Renato Curto has delivered a number of medical supplies to the Helena Goldie Hospital in Munda this morning.
Three medical doctors have visited various rural health centres in North Malaita Constituency. One of the doctors Philip Komasi says the purpose of the trip is to fully understand various medical needs of rural people in the constituency.
Today is World Leprosy Day and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is reflecting on the progress made and reaffirms its commitment to supporting patients with leprosy in Solomon Islands. Leprosy is, by definition, eliminated in Solomon Islands.
Construction of the Regional Eye Centre at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara is progressing well, with its opening expected by mid-2015. New Zealand High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Marion Crawshaw and The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand’s Executive Director Andrew Bell visited the…
