Madang Provincial Hospital is set to undergo significant upgrades following the disbursement of 15 million kina aimed at enhancing its emergency department and other critical…
The National Monitoring and Coordination Authority (NMCA) has launched an investigation into alleged procurement breaches in the proposed 1.2 billion Level 5 hospital project in…
Papua New Guinea is rolling out more than 13 million polio vaccine doses in a nationwide effort to protect children following the confirmation of a…
Hela province has reached 98% coverage in its polio vaccination campaign, surpassing the national target of 95%, health officials said. Nearly 79,000 children under 10…
Leaders and community members broke ground for two major infrastructure projects in Koroba, Hela province: a Level 4 district hospital and a community development center.…
More than 80,000 children in Western province remain unvaccinated following the first phase of a polio immunization campaign that struggled to reach remote communities. The…
Markham lawmaker Konie Iguan supported the district’s approach in handling the medicine shortage faced by the country by building a laboratory dedicated to researching herbal…
Prime Minister James Marape on September 1 urged health professionals and administrators in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to enhance the delivery of both basic and…
A new health center was opened on August 29 in Cape Gloucester, Kandrian-Gloucester district, West New Britain as a result of a collaboration between the…
The Pediatric Society of Papua New Guinea on August 29 launched the 11th edition of The Standard Treatment for Common Illnesses of Children in Papua…
Taies Sansan, secretary of the Department of Personnel Management, on August 28 announced that doctors recruited to rural health facilities will receive a rural incentive…
The Department of Health on August 28 confirmed the first case of paralysis caused by poliomyelitis since Papua New Guinea declared a polio outbreak in…
The Paradise Private Hospital on August 28 launched its Medi-Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination initiative at Port Moresby International School, reinforcing its commitment to safeguarding the…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore on August 25 presented a 5 million kina cheque to the Simbu Provincial Health Authority (PHA) to support their efforts in…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore has reaffirmed the Catholic Church Health Services as a vital government partner in healthcare delivery, acknowledging their longstanding role from pre-independence…
The Morobe Provincial Health Authority (PHA) initiated a data audit to improve healthcare services by focusing on accuracy, reliability, and accuracy. The initiative is supported…
Over 500 nurses at the Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) completed Basic Life Support (BLS) training, a key step in the hospital's commitment to enhancing…
Madang provincial government on August 22 provided 150,000 kina to the provincial health authority for the province’s polio immunization campaign. The funds are also going…
The Jiwaka Health Authority on August 21 reported two suspected cases of polio infection during the ongoing polio supplementary immunization activity. The authority’s public health…
The Department of Health chairman Okti Poki on August 20 announced that provincial health authorities possess a proper national referral pathway guideline in order to…
Joseph Garap, a doctor with over two decades of experience, urged the government to provide more support for cancer detection programs and awareness campaigns. Garap…
The Department of Health will convene a panel of senior medical specialists and officials in the coming weeks to counter false claims that organs are…
Prime Minister James Marape has hailed Papua New Guinea’s first successful coronary artery bypass graft surgery as a transformative milestone, calling it a major step…
More than 100 children in Eastern Highlands province have been diagnosed with heart defects following a recent cardiac screening program at Goroka Provincial Specialist Hospital.…
The Namatanai Nudahat Association (NNA) are still waiting for an agreement with the New Ireland Provincial Health Authority (NIPHA) for rehabilitation of the Namatanai Rural…
