More than 200 health workers from Madang and East New Britain provinces attended a week-long workshop on environmental and social safeguards for the Child Nutrion…
Provincial health authorities are preparing to recruit specialist doctors from overseas in response to a nationwide shortage that is severely undermining healthcare delivery. Mathew Kaluwia,…
Residents in Madang province raised funds to purchase supplies for the provincial hospital following an armed robbery several weeks ago that highlighted medicine shortages at…
A total of 103 children aged 0-18 in Eastern Highlands province received free pediatric cardiac screenings at Goroka Provincial Hospital on August 11 and 12.…
The Milne Bay Provincial Health Authority (MBPHA) has placed some local contract officers on short-term arrangements to keep health services operational amid a serious funding…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is pursuing a landmark health tourism partnership with the Philippines to improve access to life-saving treatments not yet available domestically, but…
Health workers from Lae, Morobe province, completed a four-day basic emergency training program, funded and conducted by the US Navy during their 2025 Pacific Partnership…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore said on August 11 that a compliance team will travel to Maprik district of East Sepik to assess an incomplete district…
The central government has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign in response to a recent outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), with support from…
Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) chief executive officer Paki Molumi on August 10 announced that the country’s first kidney transplant recipients and their donors are…
Maprik lawmaker Libert Kapris on August 8 raised concerns in Parliament regarding the incomplete Maprik District Hospital, a project that began in 2016, in East…
The Department of Health launched the RESist-NCD project, aimed at addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country, particularly diabetes and hypertension. The project was unveiled…
Madang province’s health sector is grappling with a shortage of over 400 staff, raising alarms about the region’s ability to provide essential health services. The…
Nearly 6% of Papua New Guineans over age 50 are living with blindness, according to Health Minister Elias Kapavore, who said most cases are treatable…
Doctors and other health workers from the US, Australia, Japan, Canada, and Germany on August 4 collaborated with local staff in Lae, Morobe province as…
The Madang Provincial Health Authority has appointed Martin Daimen as its new Chief Executive Officer, following a merit-based selection process confirmed in National Gazette No.…
New Zealand has committed 7.57 million kina to support Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s ongoing efforts to eliminate polio, as confirmed by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon…
Former Provincial Administrator and current New Britain Palm Oil Limited Community Affairs Manager Steven Raphael was inaugurated in as the new chairman of the West…
The Wainati Maternal Home in Goroka, Eastern Highlands province, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Project Yumi, an Australian charity group to improve maternal…
A community health post in Buang local-level government (LLG), Bulolo district of Morobe province has reopened after being closed for more than 13 years due…
Papua New Guinea has launched its first National Radiological Dosimetry Laboratory at the University of Technology (PNGUOT), marking a major step in radiation safety and…
Alotau lawmaker Ricky Morris on July 29 presented drugs and essential health equipment worth 370,000 kina to address the current medicine shortage in the district…
Approximately 44 medical staff from the National Capital District (NCD) provincial health authority on July 26 collaborated with volunteer Filipino doctors and health workers from…
The National Capital District Provincial Health Authority (NCDPHA) has officially launched a new staff Transit House and a 24-hour standby generator at Six Mile Poly…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have begun the final phase of nationwide polio training, launching a Training of Trainers workshop…
