Solomon Islands now has one of the largest graphic health warnings requirements on tobacco packaging in the Pacific. Under the Tobacco Control Regulations, graphic health warning shows 70% in front 30% at the back of tobacco packaging from 1st January 2015.
Six images and messages educating the public of the harmful effects of smoking will now appear on both the front and back of cigarette packets and other tobacco products. The images and messages include smoking causing lung cancer and blindness as well as harming unborn babies.
Sixty-three thousand doses of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines will be available in all clinics in the country by next month. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says the $1.5 million consignment is to ensure all children under one year have access to vaccines and…
Staff from the Australian High Commission together with a number of other expatriates rolled up their sleeves this week to donate blood to help restock the National Referral Hospital’s blood bank.
Helena Goldie Hospital in Western Province has operated without a medical doctor since November last year. Helena Goldie Hospital Secretary Soraya Pina confirms this to SIBC News today.
The Blood Bank at the National Referral Hospital has received substantial amount of blood over the weekend. The Acting Head of the Medical Laboratory Donald Tahani confirms this to SIBC News today. Mr Tahani today acknowledge South Pacific Oil (SPO) officers for their blood donation on Friday.
The National Referral Hospital continues to call on the public for urgent blood donations as supplies hit critically low levels. The Medical Laboratory today says the blood bank is still very short and they encourage volunteers to donate blood throughout the week.
The National Referral Hospital blood bank has run out of supply, leaving the hospital in a critical situation. The blood bank supply was suddenly cut short after the Solomon Islands Red Cross temporarily suspended its blood program as the hospital’s main blood collector last week.
The Solomon Islands Nursing Association has won the bid to host the 2016 South Pacific Nurses Forum. The 18th South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF) in Nuku’alofa, Tonga unanimously agreed for Solomon Islands to host the 2016 SP Nurses Forum in Honiara. National Head of Nursing, Mr.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and wife Emmy Sogavare had to forego their family Christmas celebration this year to allow their children accomplish their ambition of spending the Christmas Day sharing God’s message of love and hope with the sick at the National Referral Hospital.
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.
The Republic of China on Taiwan’s Honiara Embassy had sponsored a Taiwanese mobile medical team to visit as well as make donations to public and private organizations around the country.
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.
The Honiara City Council has opened the newly built dental clinic at Mataniko, New China Town in Honiara. The building which costs the Council $2 million and a $1.3 Million assistance from the Ministry of Health and Medical Service will house a dental clinic, women’s health clinic and other health…
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.
Former Parliamentarian Alfred Sasako has called on the government to quickly address the current deteriorating services at Atoifi Hospital. In a statement today Mr Sasako says this call comes after learning the hospital has been operating without a doctor for more than a month now.
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 caretaker Prime Minister has denied reports he is seriously ill. Various reports had been circulating Honiara and some provinces about the caretaker Prime Minister, and had said Gordon Darcy Lilo had suffered a mild stroke in Gizo while on his campaign trail.
School children in Malu’u, North Malaita have been encouraged to grow up to have a caring quality and to follow in the footsteps of a young doctor from the area, who recently passed away after a brief illness.
A high level delegation from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services will attend the 10th South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers Alliance Meeting in Tonga. The meeting next week aims to update, discuss and plan effective health programs for all parties involved.
