New health deal with Australia
Quoting the Solomon Star – 8 March 2018
“AUSTRALIA and Solomon Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Pacific Pharmaceutical Laboratory Testing Pilot Program.
“This pilot program will give Solomon Islands access to Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) laboratories for medicine quality testing.
“Testing will focus initially on a selection of routine antibiotics and medicines commonly used in Solomon Islands to treat non-communicable diseases.
“The samples to be tested will be selected by the Chief Pharmacist from the Ministry of Health and Medical Service.
“The Permanent Secretary of Health, Dr Tenneth Dalipada and Australian High Commissioner Roderick Brazier signed the MoU in a ceremony at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services executive offices yesterday.
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