Sight-seeing in the  Solomon Islands

Michelle L Baker,* Geoffrey T Painter^†

1 Neurosurgery Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 46-58 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC 3053.
2 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Pacific Islands Project, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: michellelouisebaker@yahoo.com

Acknowledgements:

Acknowledgement: We thank Richard Le Mesurier, VISION 2020 Regional Coordinator, Western Pacific Region for editorial input.

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