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BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO Hon. Namson Tran MEMBER of Parliament for West Honiara Constituency Namson Tran has stepped in to support three clinics with medical supplies as the country faces shortage in medicine. Mr Tran rendered support to three clinics under his constituency including Mbokona, Rove Area Health Centre and White River clinic with medical drugs. Yesterday West Honiara Constituency Constituency Development Officer (CDO) Brain Taupiri officially handed over the drugs to nurses in charge of the three clinics. Taupiri says the medical supplies purchased by Tran are only to be distributed amongst the three clinics under his constituency. “These medical supplies donated are basic medications which will provide support to treat patients until the National Medical store is back to normal. “On behalf of Tran he said he acknowledges that this is a national issue, a crisis, a life threatening and the main focus is the National Referral Hospital (NRH

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO ACTING City Mayor Eddie Ngava has called on members of Parliament to step in and render support in the national issue - medical drug shortage. He expressed this sentiment at the officially handing over of medical supplies by Namson Tran (MP for West Honiara) to three clinics in his constituency. ACTING City Mayor Eddie Ngava Ngava said the donations of the medical drugs are from one MP but if the 49 others step in with the same initiative it will lessen the country’s medical crisis. “Hence I hereby challenge the other Parliamentarians who if on their own way rendered support to our clinics in each of the constituency then we’ll have gone a long way,” he said. The total cost of the medical drugs is $250,000 and this amount of money came directly from Tran’s personal funds, purposely to help address the country’s drug shortage problem. The three clinics Tran supported are Mbokona Clinc, Rove Area Health Centre and Whit River

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A project that aims to improve social accountability in the Solomon Islands was launched in Honiara by Oxfam Solomon Islands and the Solomon Islands Social Accountability Coalition (SISAC).    The project – funded by European Union – hopes to strengthen the capacity of the coalition (SISAC) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) over the next three years to promote inclusive development and enhance democratic governance and accountability among government and civil society institutions in the country. The “Improving Social Accountability in the Solomon Islands” is a three-year long project in the duration from April 2018 to March 2019. Addressing the launching occasion Simon Uesikoke, the Social Accountability Project Manager, said its overall objective is to promote inclusive development and enhance democratic governance and accountability among government and civil institutions in Solomon Islands. Participants who witnessed the