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MHMS MINISTER TOURS LATA HOSPITAL AND MEETS STAFF
MHMS MINISTER TOURS LATA HOSPITAL AND MEETS STAFF The Minister of Health and Medical Services the Hon Dr Paul Popora Bosawai yesterday visited Lata Hospital and met with the Hospital Staff, including doctors, nurses, and health workers. The...

OUR TELEKOM & ACCLINKS DONATES LIGHTBOX SIGNAGES TO THE NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
OUR TELEKOM & ACCLINKS DONATES LIGHTBOX SIGNAGES TO THE NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL NRH Management with the Our Telekom team and the ACCLINKS CEO at the handing over ceremony. Our Telekom, in partnership with ACCLINKS, a major business partner and...

Rennell and Bellona Health workers successfully complete Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline Awareness Training
Rennell and Bellona Health workers successfully complete Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline Awareness Training An Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline Awareness Training supported by the World Bank through COVID-19...

Ministry of Health and Medical Services Committed to deliver medication to Sikaiana
Ministry of Health and Medical Services Committed to deliver medication to Sikaiana The Ministry of Health and Medical Services confirms that a Government chartered vessel is scheduled to depart on the 11th of September 2024 from Honiara to...

32 Women Graduate from Intensive Training at National Referral Hospital, Ready to Join Australia’s Aged Care Sector.
32 Women Graduate from Intensive Training at National Referral Hospital, Ready to Join Australia’s Aged Care Sector. A participant of the training receives her certificate from the trainer. One of the graduates, Aloysia Kevara Maesugea. 32 women...

Training for Health workers on Mass-Drug-Administration (MDA) Against Scabies and Trachoma completed in Taro, Choiseul Province.
Training for Health workers on Mass-Drug-Administration (MDA) Against Scabies and Trachoma completed in Taro, Choiseul Province. A weeklong training was held recently in Taro, Choiseul Province for health workers and school leavers for the...

DR. ERIKA WICHRO SELECTED FOR IAOTP’S PRESIDENTIAL AWARD IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Erika Wichro honored member of the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) and will be honored at their annual awards gala in Nashville NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 8, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Erika Wichro, MPH...

MHMS SIGNS MOU ON PHARMACOPOEIA WITH INDIA
MHMS SIGNS MOU ON PHARMACOPOEIA WITH INDIA Minister Bosawai and High Commissioner Sunaramuthi sign the agreement, witnessed by PS Mrs McNeil and Indian Embassy First Secretary Mr Ravindra Nath The Ministry for Health and Medical Services recently...

PLANT HEALTH CLINIC FOR NEW ZEALAND CAMP VEGETABLES AND ROOT CROP FARMERS SET FOR TUESDAY NEXT WEEK
PLANT HEALTH CLINIC FOR NEW ZEALAND CAMP VEGETABLES AND ROOT CROP FARMERS SET FOR TUESDAY NEXT WEEK A Plant Health Clinic PHC session for vegetables, fruit trees and root crop farmers from surrounding communities of the New Zealand camp eastern...

Global Anticipation Builds for Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris – July 18–20, 2025
Global Anticipation Builds for Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris – July 18–20, 2025 LAGOS, LAGOS, NIGERIA, July 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The world is preparing for a supernatural experience as the 14th edition of the...

Asia-Pacific Leaders Rally to Eradicate Malaria
(MENAFN) Urging a united front and immediate action, nations and territories across the Asia-Pacific convened at the 9th Asia Pacific Leaders’ Summit on Malaria Elimination this week, sounding the alarm on growing challenges to malaria eradication...

Dietary Supplements Market Size Worth USD 402.20 Billion by 2034
Ottawa, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Terms of Revenue, the dietary supplements market holds strong growth prospects for the upcoming future. In 2024, the market was valued at $189.23 billion, and projections for 2034 were at $402.20...

Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...

MHMS LOOKS TO INDIA FOR FURTHER COLLABORATION
MHMS LOOKS TO INDIA FOR FURTHER COLLABORATION The Minister for Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Dr Paul Bosawai, Chair of Solomon Islands Parliamentary Health Committee […]

World NTD Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate NTDs
World NTD Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate NTDs Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day 2025. Almost all Solomon Islanders have been impacted by […]

MAL Plant Doctors continues rollout of PHC activities.
MAL Plant Doctors continues rollout of PHC activities. Farmers in the Solomon Islands will soon be able to have access to frequent plant health clinic programs where they can take sick (infected) plants (crops and vegetables) to, for diagnosis and...

Participatory Planning Workshop Empowers Communities in Russel Islands
Participatory Planning Workshop Empowers Communities in Russel Islands Pavuvu 1 October, 2024 – Citizen participation is essential for local development, but it is often missed from the planning process in Solomon Islands. However, the Provincial...

Police arrest two suspects for murder incident in Malaita province
Police arrest two suspects for murder incident in Malaita province Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Malu’u and Auki police station have arrested two male suspects for the allegation of murder. The arrest has been done...

Police arrest a 33-year-old male person for attacking his nephew with a bush knife
Police arrest a 33-year-old male person for attacking his nephew with a bush knife Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Harapa police station have arrested and charged a 33-year-old male person for attacking his...

Foreign Minister Agovaka delivers National Statement- UN General Assembly
Foreign Minister Agovaka delivers National Statement- UN General Assembly Head of Solomon Islands delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Honourable Peter Shanel Agovaka delivered...