The AstraZeneca Vaccines through the COVAX facility has finally arrived in the Solomon Islands. The vaccines were received by the Minister of Health and Medical service Dr. Culvic Togamana. Dr. Togamana said the Implementation and rollout program will commence in the coming weeks.
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Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale calls on the government to explain the whereabouts of the status of the 3 million New Zealand dollars equivalent to 15 million Solomon dollars funding support provided by the New Zealand government to assist work on the Gizo and Kilu’ufi hospitals.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has clarified the SBD 15 million dollars COVID-19 funding support from the New Zealand government. This follows the Leader of Opposition’s call for the government to explain the whereabouts of the funding support provided by the New Zealand…
The Solomon Islands Nurses Association has this evening suspended as an association. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the decision in accordance with the Emergency Powers Act (CAP 11) following a sit-in protest by the nurses in Honiara, today.
More than 500 nurses from the National Referral Hospital(NRH), HCC and Guadalcanal Province are currently on a sit in protest at the NRH Car park as of this morning. The protest was earlier not approved by the responsible authorities.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has received five new medical ventilators from our donor partners today. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services recieved the donation today at the National Referral Hospital.
There is no clear update as to where and when the relocation of the National Referral Hospital after years of project talks, truth be told. Minister of Police and Security Hon.
The Solomon Islands Medical Association has issued a dialogue notice of twenty-eight days’ for industrial action against a decision by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury without their knowledge.
Health Division of the Honiara City Council has quickly condemned media reports which claimed most bottled water products sold by shops are not safe for human consumption.
The Ministry of health and medical services has launched the new Human papilloma virus in Honiara today in a bid to battle cervical cancer in the country.
Cervical cancer cases may be prevented and reduced in the future as a new vaccine is set to be introduced next month. The Human papilloma virus or HPV vaccine will be introduced around the country on 15 May 2019.
The Solomon Islands Government has spent only 50 percent of its budget for medical drugs in 2018. Care- taker Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela made this revelation, explaining last year’s drug shortage.
All normal services provided at the country’s only National Referral Hospital in Honiara are now scaled down to ’emergency mode’ as of yesterday until 8 April 2019. This was according to an internal memo circulated by the hospital administration.
Around one hundred people with Tuberculosis, TB, are estimated to be in the community, says Dr. Anu Pama Hazarika. Dr. Hazarika who is the World Health Organisation’s Advisor for Communicable Diseases in Solomon Islands made the revelation at today’s World Tuberculosis Day celebrations in Honiara.
The National Referral Hospital has again received another set of equipment, this time a hematology machine and a Biochemistry machine. This was made possible through a proposal submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet which was approved around 2018.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has recorded 13 cases of HIV that are currently on treatment. One out of the thirteen is recorded this year.
