AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPrime Minister’s Health: Matthew Wale thanked Solomon Islanders for their support as he receives treatment in Australia. He was referred there by doctors at the National Referral Hospital; his condition has not been disclosed. Maternal Care: The Solomon Islands Nurses Association has urged urgent health-sector reforms, citing staff burnout, resource shortages and delays that put women needing Caesarean sections at risk. It told a parliamentary committee that 79% of 39 maternal deaths recorded in a 2013–17 study were preventable. Community Health: A Kilu’ufi Hospital workshop urged communities to improve hygiene and keep surroundings clean to reduce illness. Health authorities have also warned that prolonged dry weather threatens water and food security, with unsafe water raising infection risks. Hospital Services: The National Referral Hospital has received a new tuberculosis isolation wing as TB admissions rose to 255 in 2025, up from 102 in 2016. Digital Care: Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre has moved patient records onto a digital system, replacing paper registers that slowed information retrieval and reporting.
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