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.
Thousands of people in the Eastern Region of Malaita Province can now access improved mobile phone services. This is after Our Telekom completed its tower at Fiu, East Malaita last weekend.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo conveys his congratulations to the Government and people of France on their National Day- celebrated on July 14 each year. In a statement to the French nationals residing in the country, Mr Lilo says he extends his warmest greetings to them on this day.
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.
Social networking group the Forum Solomon Islands International, FSII, has reminded Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo and the NCRA government to honor its commitment towards the establishment of the fourth USP Campus at Doma.
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.
A man is standing trial at the High Court for raping his fifteen year old niece in November 2012, at Leo Creek in Honiara. He was also charged for assaulting her two weeks after the alleged rape incident took place. The accused pleaded guilty to the assault charge, but denied the rape charge.
More than hundred young women from communities in Honiara, Malaita and the Western Provinces have acquired leadership knowledge and skills after attending the Young Women’s Leadership Programme, YWCA, “Rise Up”, conducted by the organisation since February this year.
The country will launch its first clinic for survivors of sexual gender-based violence, SGBV, Tuesday this week. Called “SEIF PLES”, it is the first clinic in the Solomon Islands to offer comprehensive care to survivors of sexual gender-based violence.
The South Seas Evangelical Church, SSEC, community in North Malaita are celebrating 120 years of the Gospel’s arrival at Aesa Wanekao since Friday. Aesa Wanekao is the spot on which local Missionary, Peter Abu’ofa first landed ashore on Malaita with the Gospel on 14th July, 1894.
The Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture will return to Solomon Islands in 2018. This is after Solomon Islands won the bid to host the next Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture. Solomon Islands hosted the inaugural Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in 1998.
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 four core tribes of Tina Hydro Project have signed a Process Agreement with the Government. A statement from the Tina Hydro Project office said the tribes have given consent for the next project phase – which is for the acquisition process to proceed through as provided under the Lands and…
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.
Sponsors for the Inaugural Our Telekom Solomon Islands High School Choral Festival have promised to support the event again next year. The final show last night was attended by Businesses, Government and Community leaders.
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 first ever High School Choral Festival, which started on Tuesday this week, at the National Auditorium in Honiara stages its final show in the capital this evening.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says Solomon Islanders must take time to reflect on what they have done or can do to build the platform for others to rise.
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.
The Prime Minister has sent a strong warning to people who registered more than once in the recent Biometric Voters Registration system – saying, they will be caught. The recent voters registration exercise found as many as 5,000 multiple registrations.
