The Ministry of Health (MOH) conducted a Basic Life Support Training (BLS Training) for its medical staff on October 4. Participants of the training were Jayme Demei, Terepkul Ngiraingas, Rufina Takashi, Jenny Jonas, Jeffrey Balagat, Lorraine Beketaut, Rachel Arurang, Belinda Eungel, Katelynn Masters, and Tzun K. Rafael. Instructors for the class were Nurse Amos Solomon […]
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Guam says one dengue case ‘imported’ from Palau
Dengue in Guam since 1988: 41, Dengue in Palau since 2018: 516 While there have been 516 cases of Dengue from December 2018 to August 18th, 2019 in Palau, press release by Guam’s Department of Public Health and Social Services pointed out that in last 31 years (1988-2018) Guam has just had 41 cases of […]
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Town hall meeting discussing dengue to be held in Aimelik
The Ministry of Health has organized meeting in Aimelik to discuss the problem of Dengue outbreak and preventive measures the residents can take. The town hall meeting will be held at Community Center in Aimelik on Tuesday 6pm this week. On Friday last week, MOH had organized a meeting at Ngermid that included a session […]
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Another 34 new dengue cases: Dengue outbreak alert
In the latest data released by the Ministry Of Health on the Dengue outbreak, 34 new cases of Dengue Fever have been recorded in the period of June 5 to June 13. As per the last Island Times report, MOH gave out the number of individuals infected with dengue virus as 203 since December when […]
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Dengue cases reach over 200
The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the number of individuals infected with dengue virus has now reached 203 since the declaration of its outbreak in December. As of the latest data sent to Island Times, 34 dengue cases were recorded for the month of May and out of these, 12 were recorded between May […]
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MOH urges public to follow up on their immunization due to growing risk of measles
Although there have been no recorded cases of measles in Palau, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has urged the public to follow-up on their immunization records to make sure they had received proper vaccination as reports of measles outbreak are high in neighboring countries. In a press statement sent to the media, the MOH said […]