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Solomon Islands falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 38.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available. [2] Female life expectancy at birth was at 66.7 years and male life expectancy at birth at 64.9 in 2007.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is a government ministry of the Solomon Islands. Its head office is in Honiara. The divisions in the ministry are Administration & Management, Health Care, Health Improvement, Health Policy and Planning. The health care division operates hospitals in the country. [1]
The healthcare system of New Zealand has undergone significant changes throughout the past several decades. From an essentially fully public system based on the Social Security Act 1938, reforms have introduced market and health insurance elements primarily since the 1980s, creating a mixed public-private system for delivering healthcare.
According to the 2006 Census, there were 435 Solomon Islander in New Zealand, which has grown to 600 Solomon Islander in 2013 and 777 Solomon Islander in 2018. [1] According to other estimates, there are approximately 2000 Solomon Islands people living in NZ, with an extra 1000 who are part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) programme. [2]
In a 2010 study, New Zealand was shown to have the lowest level of medication use in 14 developed countries (i.e. used least medicines overall), and also spent the lowest amount on healthcare amongst the same list of countries, with US$2510 ($3460) per capita, compared to the United States at US$7290.
The black-and-yellow tropical bird stares curiously into the camera overlooking a section of road near Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, its beak open as it appears to squawk loudly.
The road system in Solomon Islands is insufficient and there are no railways. The most important roads connect Honiara to Lambi (58 km; 36 miles) in the western part of Guadalcanal and to Aola (75 km; 47 miles) in the eastern part. [186] There are few buses and these do not circulate according to a fixed timetable.
In the Marshall Islands in 2008, there were 2000 cases of diabetes out of a population of 53,000. [10] Diabetes prevalence in adults in the Marshall Islands in 2011 was 21.8%. [13] A survey done in the Marshall Islands revealed that the percentage of the total population considered overweight or obese was 62.5%. [14]