Infectious diseases including tuberculosis, pneumonia and malaria were among the leading causes for inpatient treatment and deaths in Papua New Guinea in 2023, senior medical official Monica Hagali said on November 13. Pneumonia accounted for 60% of the patients and tuberculosis accounted for 38% of total inpatient admissions among children, she said. Hagali said the...

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