Helena Goldie Hospital will complete its 110th year of service to the communities of Solomon Islands next year (2013). From its humble beginning in 1903 with a small leaf-house on Kokeqolo Hill, it has grown to the present size of 68-bedded, secondary level care hospital, catering to a population of over 26,000 within the Western Province [...] » Read More
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Helena Goldie Hospital – “healing hands”
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012Food security becoming an issue for the Pacific
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011It has often been said that nobody goes hungry in the Pacific, but a new report is suggesting that this might not be true. These assumptions are being challenged by a number of indicators, suggesting real challenges around food security. The Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) has released a discussion paper, which explores food security [...] » Read More
Obesity levels rise in Pacific
Saturday, October 29th, 2011Earlier this month the Fiji Sun reported that the greatest increase in world obesity rates over the past three decades have been in the Pacific Islands. This claim was made by Seoul National University Hospital Professor Kim Kyae-Hyung while speaking at the launch of the Primary Health Care Training Programme for Pacific Island countries . [...] » Read More
Great food, growing peace & good development
Monday, September 26th, 2011A guest blog from Hannah Ireland, who recently visited Mindanao as part of a Young Ambassadors for Peace workshop. Almost six weeks ago my first niece was born. One day old when I first went to visit her in hospital, she was very small, and extremely cute. I remember thinking, that evening, about the life [...] » Read More
Eye Team Returns from Vanuatu
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011The last of our eye care medical teams for 2011 has just returned from a two week trip to Vanuatu. This was the fourth team for this year to go out to remote islands that hardly ever see medical personnel. Each team tests people’s eyesight, provides glasses, performs basic eye surgery, screen patients for diabetes [...] » Read More
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