Keta Hospital receives support from Duamenefa Foundation
The Duamenefa Foundation, a non-governmental organisation promoting peaceful coexistence, has donated medical supplies and other items to two wards of the Keta Municipal Hospital.The items included a nebuliser, suction machine, hand-held pulse oximete…
Meningitis: Avoid overcrowded, poorly ventilated areas, doctor cautions
Dr Chioma Ofoekii, a medical practitioner, has advised that people should avoid overcrowding and poor ventilation during hot season to prevent meningitis.Ofoekii gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja….
HCA gets donations of vaccine equipment
The Health Care Agency (HCA) has received donations of vaccine equipment from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional office and the Red Cross Society of Seychelles (RCSS). The handover of the donation took place at the Ministry of Health’s Red…
4 people were injured in a fight
Four (4) people – including 2 minors – were injured in a fight at Anse Aux Poules Bleues yesterday morning. An investigation has begun in the incident reported around 2:10 this morning at Anse Aux Poules Bleues where there is…
PM stresses importance of enhancing roles of concerned ministries to advance medical education
Prime Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor stressed the significance of enhancing the complementary roles of the ministries concerned with the medical education sector and relevant authorities to advance the educational process and its outputs. This came in the preliminary…
Seychellois to get EU standard Covid-19 health certificates
Travizory continues to offer pro-bono services to SPHL and issue EU standard certificates Seychelles citizens and residents who are tested by the Seychelles Public Health Laboratory for Covid-19 can now benefit from EU standard test certificates – supporting growing numbers…
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts for children aged 5 to 11 years
The Ministry of Health yesterday started its campaign to vaccinate schoolchildren aged 5 to 11 years on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue with the Paediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19. The vaccination took place in ten public and private primary schools…
Fight against sub-standard, falsified medicines and health products intensifies
Legal experts gather in Seychelles to develop reference manual A group of expert from Africa is gathering in Seychelles as of yesterday to develop a reference manual on sub-standard and falsified medicines and health products, as part of the MEDISAFE…