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Kumalu River in the Wau-Bulolo District of Morobe Province has been making headlines over the years due to its disastrous flooding causing havoc to the people living near it. For over 15 years, the Gulav Landowners Association have written to the Works Department, however, their petition has fallen on deaf ears.
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In a remote island outpost on the edge of the Antarctic, hundreds of miles from the southern tip of Chile, scientists at a research base are scouring the ice for clues about everything from climate change to cures for cancer.
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Speaking to EMTV News, an officer of the Expanded Program for Immunisation, Dr Mathias Bauri, says so far five nation-wide and subnational polio campaigns have been conducted. Dr Bauri gave a brief update on the country’s polio vaccination statistics.
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The media has been playing an active role in disseminating information and awareness to the public on polio since the outbreak in April last year. Yesterday (14 February), a media orientation program was conducted by partners of the National Department of Health, WHO and UNICEF.
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While much have been said about the importance of getting all children vaccinated, there is also a need for people to know that poor sanitation can lead to the contraction of polio. A survey conducted by UNICEF shows that most schools and health facilities around the country do not have proper toilets.
And with polio contracted through the faecal-oral route, sanitation is a challenge in the fight against polio. Not only in schools and health facilities, but in homes and villages, people are still using semi-permanent and pit toilets. Without the proper disposal of faecal wastes and access to clean water, children who are not vaccinated are at a high risk of contracting polio.
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It has been over a month since Central Province was hit by strong winds and heavy downpour and while the Provincial Disaster office was able to assess the western part of the province, assessment for the Eastern Coast has just begun.
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Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said on Monday
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The National Government has budgeted K20 million to help with the first phase of relocating the affected Manam Islanders.
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The PNG National Weather Service has issued a strong wind warning this morning with an expected storm force winds to hit Vitiaz Strait, Solomon and Coral Seas by this Friday.
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Continuous heavy rains and strong winds that hit Central Province have subsided, but its effects still remain.
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