Hospitals and pharmacies are limited to population centers and missions. Health conditions in the Solomons generally are adequate, and the country does not suffer from serious endemic diseases other than malaria, in both the vivax and falsiparum strains.
The infant mortality rate is 46/1000 the life expectancy, 54 years. In 1987 the population was 301,180 (49% under age 14) the annual growth rate was 3.67%. Included are brief descriptions about such points as geography, people, history, type of government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations. The Solomon Islands, which form an archipelago in the Southwest Pacific about 1900 km northeast of Australia, are described. Stakeholders recommend establishing specialty expertise (in the form of a cancer unit), improved registry processes and increased collaboration between the sole tertiary hospital nationwide and other Solomon health services as important targets for incremental improvement. The Solomon Islands is challenged in preventing, diagnosing, treating and palliating cancer. Reasons included lack of patient knowledge regarding symptoms, late referrals to the National Referral Hospital and inability of health care workers to detect cancers either due to lack of skills to do so, or lack of diagnostic capabilities, and an overall lack of access to any health care, due to geographical barriers and overall national economic fragility. The health system audit revealed system and individual reasons for delayed diagnosis or lack of cancer treatment or palliation in the Solomon Islands. The Solomons cancer registry is hospital based and suffers from incomplete data collection due to its passive nature, lack of resources for data entry and processing resulting in weak data which is rarely used for decision-making. Breast and cervical cancer remain the first and second most commonly identified cancers in the Solomon Islands. Last, a health services audit for cancer using the WHO SARA tool was undertaken.
Key stakeholders were interviewed for their perspectives including areas to target for ongoing, incremental improvements. A literature review was undertaken and cancer data from the National Referral Hospital, Honiara were analysed and are presented. To summarise the existing knowledge regarding cancer in the Solomon Islands, to gather new data and make recommendations. The Solomon Islands, with a population of 550,000, has significant challenges in addressing non-communicable diseases, including cancer, in the face of significant economic, cultural, general awareness and health system challenges. Martiniuk, Alexandra Jagilli, Rooney Natuzzi, Eileen Ilopitu, John Wesley Oipata, Meltus Christie, Annie-Marie Korini, Jefferey Vujovich-Dunn, Cassandra Yu, William Over the past four years the School of Education, Solomon Islands College of Higher Education and the… The findings will have vital relevance to policy makers, teachers and students. This book makes available to a wider audience for the first time material based on fieldwork carried out by the Solomon Island researchers in their own country. Oloketa Tingting Fo Apem Education Long Solomon Islands: Issues in Solomon Islands EducationĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center Mometasone Furoate Ointment (G & W Laboratories, Inc.). American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). McEvoy GK, Snow EK, Miller J et al (eds). Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information, Inc. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.
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