BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands Planned Parenthood Association (SIPPA) has introduced a National Disaster Health response approach to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) public health emergency and surveillance unit officers. This newly introduced approach is called…
BY MIKE PUIA PRIME Minister Rick Hou has announced the current drug shortage situation experienced in the country is now under control. Prime Minister Hou made the assurance at an urgent press conference in Honiara yesterday. He admitted his government…
West Honiara constituency donates bins to hospital By Gary Hatigeva THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) is the latest to have benefited from the continuous generosity of the West Honiara Constituency leadership and its people, for the donation of 20 rubbish…
Major decline in HIV tests worries authorities BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE number of people undergoing HIV test has halved since last year raising concerns for health authorities. Solomon Islands Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) data to date is 30 confirmed cases…
Israel offers free service for children with heart problems By Mike Puia In Tel Aviv, Israel CHILDREN suffering from congenital and rheumatic heart diseases can be saved in Israel for free. All it needs is a report from…
By Ezekiel Talatau THE population in Honiara has risen drastically since the last census in 2009. With the next census expected to be held next year, the increasing number of urban drifters should be a cause of concern for…
BY ELLISON.T.VAHI SCHOOLS in Honiara yesterday received certificates of award for free donation of blood to the Red Cross. Speaking during the presentation, the MC for the event said that Red Cross is very happy to award the schools with…
By Ezekiel Talatau THE latest in the string of weird findings inside canned products is a piece of net and string, which was discovered in a Makarel Colorado tinned fish. On Thursday afternoon, a Melanesian brother, Christom Aujari reported the…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA NEUROSURGERY specialist from Taiwan Dr Wang Tse Lun has restored hope for a woman from Small Malaita who had been suffering from ‘trigger finger’. Dr Wang from Taiwan, a team leader for the Taiwan Medical Mobile…
By ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE dry weather in Gizo town, Western province, is putting residents there on the edge, it is reported. People have resorted to small streams and boreholes, many of which are reportedly drying up. Some residents who…
