Category: Health Watch
Cancer is genetic and not a communicable disease, says doctor
CANCER is a genetic disease and not a communicable one a medical doctor says. “If one of your family members have cancer, it is more likely to recur in other […]
Many dying of kidney failure, says doctor
ABOUT 800,000 persons live with kidney disease globally, and in Port Moresby, a lot of the sick people have died from kidney failure, according to a doctor. Port Moresby General […]
Mental and behavioural disorder
MENTAL and behavioural disorders are common, affecting more than 25 per cent of all people at some time during their lives. They are also universal, affecting people of all countries […]
Doctor explains cancer services
By HANNAH NERO Radiological services are for diagnosing and staging cancers and radiation services are for treating the cancers be it by curing or palliating the radiosensitive cancers. That is […]
Women’s group receives K100,000
OK Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) recently presented K100,000 to the Ok Tedi Women’s Network (Own) to support a fundraiser to buy cervical cancer screening equipment. The Gala fundraising dinner organised […]
Marie Stopes offers clinic services to men in Morobe
By MAZIE SELMBIA A one-week men’s health clinic session was held at the Marie Stopes Lae Centre with a fly-in service provider. Ivy Karue, Marie Stopes PNG digital communications and […]
Collaboration needed in addressing TB and HIV/AIDS
THERE is a greater need work together in addressing Tuberculosis and HIV & AIDS, says the UNAIDS Asia Pacific and UNAIDS Eastern Europe director Eamonn Murphy. Murphy addressed that during […]
Children make up 26 per cent of TB cases in the country
CHILDREN make up an alarming 26 per cent of tuberculosis cases in the country and that is significantly higher than the global average of 10 per cent, according to a […]
Tuberculosis treatment numbers rise to 900 from 435
THE number of children receiving Tuberculosis (TB) treatment at the Port Moresby General Hospital had increased from 435 to 900 last year, according to a doctor. The hospital’s paediatrician Dr […]
Rural mothers lack antenatal and postnatal care
MANY mothers living in the remote areas of Papua New Guinea lack proper antenatal and post-natal care, resulting in many dying before and after childbirth, a doctor says. Dr Rebecca […]