BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PUBLIC are being strongly advised to continue practising health measures due to increasing number of diarrhoea cases recorded lately. This call was made yesterday by the Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS)…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO COVID-19 fight is not over as increasing numbers of cases in Fiji and Papua New Guinea is still a concern for Solomon Islands, says Pauline McNeil. Mrs McNeil, permanent secretary to the ministry of health, echoed…
World Vision Solomon Islands COVID 19 Project has completed its distribution of hygiene kits to Schools, communities, churches and buses on Makira Ulawa Province. The project is funded by USAID through the Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA) to ensure communities,…
ILIA School at Gilbert Camp has commended the Honiara City Council (HCC), health school Promotion team for facilitating a one-day health promotion program for teachers on Tuesday. School Principal, Henry Bruno Ravikeni said the program was a huge redirection for…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO YESTERDAY saw the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) office space aimed at boosting local testing capacity to international standards. The ground-breaking ceremony was made possible through the partnership…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has encouraged people of Isabel to receive the covid-19 vaccine when their turn comes in the future. Sogavare gave this call in the recent commemoration of the province’s Second Appointed in capital,…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO ISABEL province has the highest record of girl-deaths due to cervical cancer. Leslie Kikolo Premier of Isabel gave the above statement at the second Appointed Day celebration held in Buala recently. “We have the highest record…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO HEALH authorities are investigating the deaths of five children at the Gizo Hospital reportedly due to diarrhoea. Dr Dickson Baora, director of medical and health services at Gizo Hospital, confirmed to Island Sun yesterday that investigation…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WORK on the Good Samaritan hospital laboratory is progressing according to Dr Gregory Jilini under Secretary to Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). But he explained the hospital will be used for testing of different…
BY IRWIN ANGIKI A workshop looking at ways to enhance inclusivity for persons with disability has ended in Honiara on a “high note”. A thrilled Mr Casper Faasala summed up this milestone event with this idiom because of the achievements…
