Take care of your health

HEALTH is vital to life. Health is everybody’s business.
Whether gardening, dancing, attending church, selling fish at the market or in formal employment, all Papua New Guineans and their families benefit when each person participates.
We are facing threats to the health of our people.
Too many women are dying giving birth to our children.
Babies lose mothers and husbands lose wives.
Families, communities and workplaces lose the productive years of their women.
Our babies and children under five are still dying from preventable diseases.
TB is an existing threat – multi-drug resistant TB and extreme drug resistant TB are looming threats.
HIV appears to be leveling in prevalence in some provinces but continues to increase rapidly in others. HIV also takes the productive years of our men and women.
Our health systems are facing tough and complex challenges, partly derived from new pressures, such as ageing populations, growing prevalence of chronic illnesses, including the procurement and distribution of medical supplies.
Guess the next best option is for the public to look after ourselves, do not fight, or drink and drive, and always wash your hands and to ensure that our children are in a clean and safe environment.

Pihi Manus