Day: January 13, 2022
Study finds new strategy
A NEW study is accelerating progress towards eradicating yaws and reinforcing the knowledge for the elimination of infectious threats. Yaws is a chronic skin infection characterised by papillomas (non-cancerous lumps) […]
Mission aviation supporting people in rural areas
THIRD level airline Mission Aviation Felloship (MAF) says it has been supporting people in remote areas of the country with emergency medical evacuation (medevac) services since December. MAF in a […]
Vaccinated population in Pacific key to unlocking borders
THE ongoing impacts of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), elections in Fiji and Papua New Guinea and unfinished business as to regionalism and self-determination will all play their part this year, Dr […]
Types of anxiety disorder
Anxiety Most people experience feelings of anxiety before an important event such as a big exam, business presentation or first date. Anxiety disorders, however, are illnesses that cause people to […]
Covid-19 challenging for lepers
THE social and economic upheaval caused by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has been particularly hard on persons affected by leprosy and their families, an official says. World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
Jiwaka needs hospital: Official
JIWAKA needs a provincial hospital in order to cater for its people, a health official says. Provincial health authority chief executive officer Dr Thaddeus Turi Kinah said his office was […]
Health Dept urges people to get vaccinated
THE Health Department is urging Papua New Guineans to not leave their guards down in the fight against the Coronavirus (Covid-19). It said in a media statement that the people […]
Netherlands donates over 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to PNG
THE Netherlands government has donated more than 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to the country in Port Moresby last month, according to United Nation […]
MP urges churches to speak up
IJIVITARI MP Richard Masere has urged churches to speak up without fear against the Government if it is doing something they think is wrong. During the ground-breaking ceremony for the […]
Congregation celebrates opening of K150,000 building
A CHURCH established 42 years ago celebrated the opening of its K150,000 building at Pinetop, Wau in Bulolo, Morobe. Redemption Baptist church pastor Francis Kapiso said it was a dream […]