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2 August 2026

Solomon Islands continues to strengthen action against antimicrobial resistance through TrACSS participation

Solomon Islands has successfully completed its latest submission to the Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance Country Self-Assessment Survey (TrACSS), reinforcing the country’s strong ...

22 July 2026

Media release

Empowering Makira’s Frontline: Strengthening Capacity in Climate Health and Disaster Risk Management

A total of 36 clinical and public health workers across Makira Province participated in the Pilot Training on Climate Change and Health and Disaster Risk Management to strengthen t ...

16 July 2026

Media release

Unmasking the appeal, revealing tobacco's many harms

Solomon Islands joined the rest of the world to condemn the harmful tactics of the tobacco industry in luring the youth towards tobacco and nicotine addiction. Held to commemorate ...

21 May 2026

Joint News Release

Ensuring better health through strengthened primary health care

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5 December 2024

The Solomon Islands fortifies food safety procedures in partnership with WHO

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10 August 2026

Saving Limbs, Changing Lives: Scaling up Health Worker Skills to Fight Diabetic Foot Disease in Solomon Islands

How do you react to a small blister or a cut on your foot? You’ll probably ignore it or even see it as a minor inconvenience. But if you’re a person living with diabetes, that smal ...

5 August 2026

Donors making a difference: Community-centred action for climate change adaptation

Imagine waking as first light spreads across still water and the rustling of coconut palms stir in the morning breeze. Your home, built from the pandanus tree, stands raised above ...

5 August 2026

Inside a GOARN deployment: what outbreak experts learned from supporting Pacific dengue preparedness

Within days of arriving in Fiji, the team of overseas infectious diseases experts realized this would not be a technical mission like any they had experienced before. Tropical cycl ...