Widespread distrust and refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being linked to a rising number of mothers choosing not to bring their children forward for other vaccinations. And ...

Ian Kemish is a former Australian diplomat, serving as high commissioner to PNG from 2010 to 2013. He currently chairs the Kokoda Track Foundation, which receives some funding from the Australian ...

Less than 5 per cent of PNG is vaccinated against Covid-19, placing the country at a greater risk of becoming a breeding ground for coronavirus mutations. The pandemic has shown how fast such variants ...

"The vaccine is coming; the vaccine is coming", warned the villagers as the local Provincial Health Authority team approached. The health team was there to raise awareness of COVID-19 and distribute ...

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it will ask the European Union to release 1 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to help Papua New Guinea (PNG) battle a dangerous outbreak that ...

It’s been a volatile week for the PNG Hunters. The Papua New Guinea rugby league team was celebrating on Sunday after staging a late comeback to clinch a 32-30 win against the Souths Logan Magpies in ...

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SYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus infections in Papua New Guinea (PNG) rose past 10,000 on Wednesday, an alarming milestone for the Pacific country as health officials worry that ...

Ian Kemish is a former Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea. He represents the Global Partnership for Education in Australia, which promotes basic education in lower income countries ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death in Papua new Guinea (PNG), with the country having the highest proportion of children in the world affected by TB. In 2014, a TB emergency was declared, ...

After almost a year of successfully preventing a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19, the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is currently on the brink of disaster, health experts have warned ...