St Mary’s Vunapope Hospital Calls for Public to Respect Staff and Property
Over the course of this year (2018), the hospital was forced to scale down its operations, prompted by two separate incidents....
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Olsem Wanem – Community Initiative on Violence and Snake Bite First Aid | Episode 12 Season 9
We see how a local community has taken on the initiative of addressing gender issues within its communities. Also on this episode we will revisit...
Olsem Wanem – Colorectal Cancer in PNG | Episode 7 Season 9
We highlight to you colon/rectal cancer which is one of the least talked about cancer in PNG. Many people do not know that many Papua...
Olsem Wanem – Bebi Kol Kilok (Hypothermia) | Episode 4 Season 9
We place the spotlight on hypothermia and what it does to newborn babies. Thousands of babies die annually as a result of hypothermia....
Port Moresby General Hospital receives Second Batch of Medical Equipment
The Peoples’ Republic of China has continued its support to Port Moresby General Hospital, with the hospital today(July 30), receiving much needed medical equipment for...
PPH Calls on Government to Include Them in Polio Vaccination Roll-out Program
A nationally owned private hospital in the country, Paradise Private Hospital is not part of the Health Departments Polio Vaccination program. With the outbreak being...
Governor Haiveta: Kikori River Water Still Not Safe
"With the recent reports of skin diseases and infections, I call upon the Controller of the State of Emergency Dr Bill Hamblin to commission a...
Papua New Guinea Government Announces Polio Outbreak As Public Health Emergency
To control the outbreak, the UN is supporting PNG Government in launching a polio campaign that will include two rounds of a Supplementary Immunisation Activity...
Lae Community Under Health Radar As Poliovirus Outbreak Reported
The National Department of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday (June 25) confirmed that there is an outbreak of poliovirus in a community...
Hydroelectric Project providing life-saving assistance to Nazarene Hospital
Since the establishment of the Nazarene Hospital’s hydroelectric project in Kudjip, Jiwaka Province, the hospital has saved thousands of kina in power bills, improved the...