News tagged with solomon islands


Australia gives $104 million to fighting malaria

(AP)—Australia will spend more than 100 million Australian dollars ($104 million) over the next four years to help reduce deaths from malaria in the Asia-Pacific region.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

How useful are short-term medical missions?

Australia is a world leader in sending medical personnel to less developed countries to assist with a variety of medical issues but the contribution of these missions has now been examined in a study, led ...

Health created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solomon Islands 'blond' gene is found: study

Dark-skinned, blond-haired indigenous people on the Solomon Islands have a gene that is unique to the South Pacific nation and was not picked up from interbreeding with Europeans, scientists said Thursday.

Genetics created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4