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Global Times: Chinese medical teams in Solomon Islands turn health aid into lasting capacity, bringing treatment closer to patients in remote communities

BEIJING, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After a tropical cyclone swept through the Western Province of Solomon Islands, traces of the disaster were still visible along the coast of Rarumana community. Trees had been brought down, and seaweed farms were damaged.

For this remote community in the South Pacific, separated from the capital Honiara, the storm made it even harder for medicines and medical workers to reach local residents.

It was under these conditions that Dr Chu Liangzhao, head of the fifth Chinese medical team to Solomon Islands, and his colleagues arrived in Rarumana by boat.

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