Day: September 2, 2021
Club hands out vouchers to encourage vaccination
THE Rotary Club of Boroko has already handed out more than 1,300 meal vouchers since it recently began an initiative in Port Moresby to encourage people to get vaccinated. The […]
Discussing choice of food
The University of PNG school of medicine and health science fourth-year bachelor of dental surgery student Ruth Managen recently conducted a review discussing the choice of food/beverages and dental problems […]
Preparing to return to work
You might want to make some of the following requests to your employer: CREATE a schedule with your manager. For your first weeks back, make plans for what you’ll do, […]
‘Vaccination below 2pc’
MANY countries have a Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination coverage below two per cent which is unacceptable, according to World Health Organisation director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In Papua New Guinea, the […]
Increse of GBV cases in Pacific during pandemic ‘worrying’
THE increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) period is worrying for the Pacific which had high rates of intimate partner violence prior to the onset of the […]
WHO: Health tech lacking
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has highlighted the need for innovative health technologies that can help countries improve health outcomes by providing shortcuts to solutions despite lack of infrastructure and resources. […]
Country reports test for Ebola negative
The government of Cote d’Ivoire has informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that a second laboratory has tested samples from a patient suspected of having Ebola and has found no […]
NGOs help school, health centre install water supply system
TWO non-government organisations (NGOs) in Eastern Highlands are combining to install water supply systems for a school and a health centre. Komperi Primary School and the area’s local health centre […]
Disruption to education
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) has caused the most catastrophic disruption to education in history, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe says “It is, therefore, vital that classroom-based learning continues […]
Study finds hypertension cases on the rise
THE number of adults aged between 30 and 79 with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the past 30 years, according to a study. The study […]