Category: Health Watch
UN calls for action to address HIV
UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Eamonn Murphy is calling for quick actions to address the HIV epidemic in the country. While on a visit yesterday to the […]
Association explains practice arrangement
NATIONAL Doctors Association president Dr James Naipao says a memorandum of agreement recently signed with the State has allowed doctors working for the Government to engage in Limited Rights to […]
Hospital introduces hearing test for infants
By ZINA KOIM PACIFIC International Hospital (PIH) has taken an important step towards early detection of hearing impairments in high-risk infants, with the introduction of the Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry […]
Low immunisation poses challenge: Dept secretary
Health department secretary Dr Osborne Liko says the department and stakeholders’ collective responsibility is to address the root causes of low child immunisation coverage. Liko emphasised this during the launching […]
The roots of neurosis and severe mental illness, treatment
The roots of mental ill-health (i.e. neurosis and severe mental illness) can be traced to the following five factors: Hereditary and genetic Physical Constitutional Environmental stress: and, Substance abuse, e.g. […]
SJA gets K50,000 from district
St John Ambulance (SJA) in Lae has received an initial K50,000 support from the Huon Gulf district, appropriated in the 2023 budget. MP Jason Peter said this was in appreciation […]
Association calls for professional counselling
EAST New Britain (ENB) administration has been encouraged to see counselling as a profession. The call was made recently following a 10-day basic counselling training facilitated by the PNG Counsellors’ […]
SJA gives Bat phone to Nonga Hospital
St John Ambulance team has recently distributed a new Bat telephone to the Rabaul Provincial Hospital (Nonga) in a move to enhance emergency response services in East New Britain. A […]
WHO survey reveals most countries lack cancer care services
The World Health Organistion (WHO) has published survey results concerning the cancer burden from 115 countries, showing a majority of countries do not adequately finance priority cancer and palliative care […]
Early detection and prevention of cancer vital, says official
Promoting cancer prevention and early detection should be our new culture, says Aileen Zuhukepe, an advocate for female cancer and a tutor at the Medical Science Faculty, University of Papua […]