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PNG grapples with ageing health workforce
14 March 2013
(IRIN
),
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a Pacific country rich in natural resources, yet its health staffing levels are comparable to the world’s poorest countries due to a rapidly retiring force and lack of qualified replacements.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97643/PNG-grapples-with-ageing-health-workforce
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In Brief: Condoms needed in PNG prisons
14 March 2013
(IRIN
),
A Papua New Guinea (PNG) study released today calls for condoms to be made more widely available in prisons.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97646/In-Brief-Condoms-needed-in-PNG-prisons
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Bednet indifference threatens PNG progress on malaria
15 February 2013
(IRIN
),
Papua New Guinea (PNG) could face an upsurge in malaria cases due to overly relaxed attitudes to the use of bednets, health experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97481/Bednet-indifference-threatens-PNG-progress-on-malaria
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In Brief: First major survey of cervical cancer in PNG
4 February 2013
(IRIN
),
A large-scale survey of cervical cancer will be launched later this month in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where more than 1,500 women die of the disease each year.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97404/In-Brief-First-major-survey-of-cervical-cancer-in-PNG
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Concern over unsafe abortions in Papua New Guinea
25 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Health experts are concerned about the number of unsafe abortions taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97331/Concern-over-unsafe-abortions-in-Papua-New-Guinea
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Activists rap Australia’s offshore processing of migrants
14 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Human rights groups have strongly condemned conditions at Australia’s two offshore processing centres for asylum seekers on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97243/Activists-rap-Australia-s-offshore-processing-of-migrants
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: West Papuan refugees hope for citizenship
17 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Access to citizenship could prove the best hope yet for thousands of West Papuan refugees living in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97057/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-West-Papuan-refugees-hope-for-citizenship
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Analysis: Australia's offshore asylum process
30 November 2012
(IRIN
),
Activists in Australia have expressed concern over a recent decision by the government to reinstate the processing of asylum seekers offshore.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96940/Analysis-Australia-s-offshore-asylum-process
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: No relief for flood-affected refugees
17 October 2012
(IRIN
),
Environmental damage caused by copper mining in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has affected thousands of refugees from the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Papua who have not received any support from PNG or the mining company, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and NGOs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96567/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-No-relief-for-flood-affected-refugees
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HEALTH: Asia fails to take up rotavirus vaccine
7 September 2012
(IRIN
),
Most countries in Asia have yet to make the rotavirus vaccine part of their national immunization programme (NIP), despite a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to do so.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96259/HEALTH-Asia-fails-to-take-up-rotavirus-vaccine
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MIGRATION: New Australian refugee quota welcomed
24 August 2012
(IRIN
),
Refugee rights groups have welcomed a decision by the Australian Government to increase its annual refugee quota to 20,000, a key recommendation in a recent panel report on asylum seekers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96164/MIGRATION-New-Australian-refugee-quota-welcomed
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MIGRATION: Reaction to Australian policy reforms
14 August 2012
(IRIN
),
The Australian government’s recent decision to transfer asylum seekers to Pacific islands to process their applications will undermine efforts to find a solution to the region’s asylum seekers and refugees, human right groups and activists warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96104/MIGRATION-Reaction-to-Australian-policy-reforms
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Violence and belief in magic raise risk of HIV for women
18 April 2012
(IRIN
),
High levels of sexual violence and a cultural belief in witchcraft are putting an increasing number of women at risk of HIV in Papua New Guinea (PNG), health experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95312/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Violence-and-belief-in-magic-raise-risk-of-HIV-for-women
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sexual violence forcing girls out of school
6 April 2012
(IRIN
),
In the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) sexual violence against young girls, and the shame and stigma that follows, is forcing many out of school and others into early marriage.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95249/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Sexual-violence-forcing-girls-out-of-school
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tetanus vaccination campaign underway
2 April 2012
(IRIN
),
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Health Ministry and international aid agencies have launched a mass vaccination of 1.8 million women and girls aged 15-45 against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95213/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Tetanus-vaccination-campaign-underway
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ASIA: Parliamentarians mull how to boost health
20 March 2012
(IRIN
),
The World Health Organization (WHO) is bringing together on 19-21 March in Bangkok lawmakers from across Southeast Asia to discuss how to bolster their health systems back home.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95110/ASIA-Parliamentarians-mull-how-to-boost-health
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Gender-based violence left untreated
8 March 2012
(IRIN
),
Critical gaps in the treatment of survivors of domestic and sexual violence are placing thousands of women at serious physical and psychological risk in Papua New Guinea (PNG), health experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95030/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Gender-based-violence-left-untreated
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Poor eye care worsens rural suffering
5 March 2012
(IRIN
),
Serious eye problems are affecting tens of thousands across the half-island Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and exacerbating suffering in rural areas, say health workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95005/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Poor-eye-care-worsens-rural-suffering
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ASIA: Isolation, poverty loom for an aging population
14 February 2012
(IRIN
),
With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94856/ASIA-Isolation-poverty-loom-for-an-aging-population
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rescue effort for landslide survivors continues
25 January 2012
(IRIN
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Rescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation's worst landslides ever.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94725/PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA-Rescue-effort-for-landslide-survivors-continues
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