Local producers of the debated Kokorako Noodle, Central Developments Limited, CDL, has warned young children to refrain from eating raw noodles. Freelancer George Atkin reports the CDL management says noodles should not be eaten raw, because they are made to be eaten after being boiled.
An Australian volunteer Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT medical team is currently in Solomon Islands providing diagnosis and treatment for patients with ear, nose, throat, head and neck disorders.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services will deploy a team to Isabel Province next month to monitor diarrhea in the province. Nurse-In-Charge at the Buala Hospital, Martin Gavira told SIBC News, the team will monitor and provide awareness programs to end diarrhea in the province.
Buala Hospital in Isabel has recorded its lowest number of diarrhea cases this month, since an outbreak of the disease earlier this year. Nurse in Charge, Martin Gavira told SIBC News, this month Buala hospital recorded only 25 diarrhea cases this month, compared to 1-hundred and sixty-four cases…
Three new medical record books have been officially launched this week in Honiara. The books were released during the official launching of the 2014 Immunization Week on Tuesday.
Buala Hospital in Isabel Province says the Hospital has received an unusual increase of people complaining of abdominal discomfort or belly aches, after eating an expired noodle product.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says it is anticipating a measles outbreak in the country and has set up a Response Committee to respond to the illness.
The British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Dominic Meiklejohn has congratulated the Solomon Islands Government and stakeholders on the establishment of the Seif Ples Clinic.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has launched its 2014 Immunization Week in Honiara today – with the theme “Stop Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer, Vaccinate at Birth”, and the slogan “Healthy Future for your Family”.
Costs of treatment and patient care for patients with liver disease is a burden on the country’s economy, says the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Doctor Lester Ross. And a nationwide vaccination program can reduce this burden.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says around 70 percent of all deaths in the Pacific are caused by Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs, such as heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes related illnesses and respiratory diseases.
An Interplast medical team from Australia and New Zealand will visit the country from 26th this month to provide medical services both to Honiara and Gizo medical centers.
World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Doctor Shin Young-soo has said the National Referral Hospital is vital to Solomon Islands’ health system, but serious challenges to infrastructure, water, sanitation and hygiene exists.
The World Health Organisation has donated a health emergency kit to the National Referral Hospital to support the Solomon Islands address its major public health challenges.
The Central Market in Honiara must be upgraded to model a health marketplace, says the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr Lester Ross. Dr Ross made the statement during the launch of the Healthy Central Market project this week.
The Honiara City Council has officially launched a new law and a ‘Healthy Central Market’ Project to declare the main market as free from tobacco, betel nut and alcohol. The new law prohibits the sale and consumption of tobacco products, betel nut and alcohol at the market.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, MAL, Mr Jimmy Saelea says, efforts to promote local healthy food must be stepped up to influence the eating habits of our young generation. Mr.
A team from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, and the World Health Organisation has been dispatched to investigate, the deaths of the four children in Makira Province. Four children, all under the age of 12 years old, died last week and over the weekend after short illnesses.
The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock, Jimmy Saelea says people must be reminded that food security must go hand in hand with Nutrition Security.
The National Surveillance Unit of the Health and Medical Services Ministry and World Health Organisation, WHO have confirmed receiving reports of four deaths in children under 12 years old in Makira Province.
