FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER
Stop notice issued to logging company, investigation underway By Mike Puia A stop notice has been issued to a logging company operating on the…
Leprosy alert
Honiara tops ‘most settlements with reported cases’, 3 provinces top list across country BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THREE provinces have reported the most cases…
NRH a “death row”
By Mike Puia LOCAL patient who voluntarily left the National Referral Hospital (NRH) described the country’s national hospital in Honiara as a ‘death row’. Civil…
Local nutrition should be our staple food, NOT rice: Sogavare
By Gary Hatigeva PEOPLE of this country need to shift their mind set from imported food products, particularly rice, as our staple food, which it…
Health advice for Solomon Islanders: Relief from gout symptoms helped by taking a simple remedy.
DEAR EDITOR, a very painful medical condition suffered by many people in the Solomon Islands and the wider Pacific region is known to be caused…
Labour ward lacks bed for women to give birth
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE INADEQUATE beds for pregnant women at National Referral Hospital’s (NRH) labour ward is a current medical situation the Obstetrics and Gynecology…
70 out of 100 Solomon Islanders die from NCDs
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA 70 PERCENT of all deaths in the country are due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Prime Minister Rick Hou says deaths due to…
PM declare war against NCDs
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Rick Hou says government is taking up this battle to fight Non-Communicable Disease. He said from statistics gathered, there is…
NRH in distress
Kava family rescues hospital with glove donation EARLY this week, the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has received a timely donation of latex hand gloves….
WHO donates diabetes machines to MHMS
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) office in Solomon Islands has donated four haemoglobin A1c machines to the Ministry of Health and Medical…