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PNG’s health spending increase: will it be well spent

WEBThis increase is also a major win for Australian aid. Australia provided about $100 million in grant budget support to PNG (with more in loans) as part of its COVID-19 response. …

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Diabetes remains major health challenge in the Pacific

WEBA recent study has identified methodological errors in the surveys conducted through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease …

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Helen Evans: a decade on the frontiers of global health

WEBSomething that gave Helen a great deal of personal satisfaction during her years working in global health was the the decision of Gavi’s board to approve a call for …

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Rethinking Health Sector Wide Approaches (SWAp's) through the …

WEBHealth aid has been the subject of an intense analysis, contestation, and improvement effort over the past 20 years. A key driver of this interest has been the rapid growth in …

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PNG’s health data: too much of a good thing – part one

WEBThe malaria-related fields added over time increased the disaggregation of data, for example, into sex and age groups, into presumptive (‘clinical’) diagnosis vs. confirmed …

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Our health in the Pacific Islands: a deadly storm

WEBThanks for this article, you make some excellent points. Worth clarifying however the following line – ‘Infectious diseases, until now, have been our greatest health challenge.’ …

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Could the Step-Up deepen healthcare worker brain drain in …

WEBTwo key pillars of the Step-Up – increased regional education opportunities and labour mobility – may well prove to be avenues that contribute to the problem of …

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Evaluating and Selecting Health Indicators in PNG: A …

WEBProblem/Challenge PNG’s health status as a developing nation has not fared well over the years since 1975. Health indicators regarding the quality of health services and health …

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COVID-19 and TB in PNG: a healthcare opportunity

WEB27 April 2022. Bogia Rural Hospital, Madang Province, PNG (Gigil Marme) In Papua New Guinea, the COVID-19 outbreak has spread rapidly to all 22 provinces, affecting many …

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Equality in China’s healthcare infrastructure

WEBIn 2009, the Chinese government unveiled its ambitious, complex healthcare reforms, pledging to provide affordable, equitable and effective health services for all by …

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Financing health facilities and the free health policy in PNG

WEBProviding free primary health care is a key policy priority of the current Papua New Guinea Government. The Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, has made reference to his government’s …

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Illuminating the local: Stories of health in Papua New Guinea

WEBAbout 12 months ago, Mr Wep Kanawi (Director of the PNG National AIDS Council) told a story about health in Papua New Guinea. He was talking to a symposium at Deakin …

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Improving maternal and child health in PNG: The issue is not what …

WEBA recent report from the Burnet Institute, Compass and World Vision argues for a significant expansion of the PNG Village Health Volunteer (VHV) program (a form of family and …

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My mother was lucky to survive giving birth to me in Papua New …

WEBI was born in the small coastal village of Kivori, in Papua New Guinea’s Central Province. With no healthcare centre nearby, my mother gave birth to me at home, with the help of …

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DSIP: ARE HEALTH AND EDUCATION BENEFITTING

WEBDSIP: ARE HEALTH AND EDUCATION BENEFITTING | 133 7.4 Conclusion There are many arguments about the DSIP and whether it is a good use of public funds, but it …

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Catastrophic failures in PNG health service delivery

WEBMartha, it’s really a nice piece . Your story line really denoted what was actually the sad situation in PNG health system. I am a village boy once in the 1980s, lived through with …

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A model for improving health service delivery in Papua New …

WEBCommunity Mine Continuation Agreement (CMCA) Initiative of Ok Tedi Development Foundation. Abt Associates (formerly Abt JTA) is the implementing agency. Partnership …

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Financing health facilities and the free health policy in PNG

WEBFinancing health facilities and the free health policy in PNG: challenges and risks (part 2) Author : Colin Wiltshire and Andrew Anton Mako. Date : July 15, 2014. This …

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Senior executive health managers’ perspectives on PNG’s …

WEBThe genesis of PHA reform • Different health system, but all countries share WHO health system building blocks framework [WHO, 2007]. • PNG has recently decentralized …

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Challenges for TB prevention and control in PNG

WEBBy Gigil Marme, Jerzy Kuzma, Neil Harris, Peta-Anne Zimmerman and Shannon Rutherford 19 May 2023. Despite the availability of preventive tuberculosis …

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FINANCING PNG’S FREE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE POLICY

WEB3 Survey findings – user fees raised by health facilities The survey confirmed that the majority of health facilities charge patients fees for consultations and drugs. However, …

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Strengthening Fragile Healthcare systems: A narrative from Fiji.

WEBNARRATIVE FROM FIJI. FIJI’ FRAGILE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. Archipelago of 330 islands - 5 larger isles carry bulk of population. Population 864,000. Mean Age of …

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