World Bank-UNICEF Survey Finds Inequality Has Likely Increased in PNG, with Bottom 40% Hit Hardest by Latest Outbreak Latest household survey shows that COVID-19 is exacerbating existing inequalities...
Missing persons: The Right to know Many people go missing during conflict or war causing anguish and uncertainty for their families and friends. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, families of...
We welcome the incredible $356,200 that Catholic Health Australia and its members have raised to fight COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The money is more needed than ever, as PNG continues to face...
Johanniter medical team spent four weeks assisting to contain the Covid pandemic ++ The team travels back to Germany on Thursday. Berlin - A Johanniter medical team travelled to Papua New Guinea in...
Meeting immediate needs and reaching remote communities for COVID-19 prevention and response In Papua New Guinea, the spread of COVID-19 is rapidly spiralling. Efforts to contain the pandemic are...
The global COVID-19 pandemic could provide "opportunities" to improve health care in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after the crisis is over, according to the United Nations' most senior official in the...
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Marshall Islands. Micronesia. Palau. Papua New Guinea. Samoa. They span the Pacific Ocean and face a unique set of challenges in this pandemic. Across the globe, COVID-19 has claimed millions of...
Two vehicles and information technology equipment worth Kina 325,000 (USD 92,370) was today handed over in Port Moresby to the National Coordination Office for Bougainville Affairs (NCOBA) by the...
The recent fighting between the Tapo and Agarabi tribes began following a disagreement over land rights related to a small alluvial mine. Prior to an agreed exchange of compensation on 13 March, a...
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 46, no. 1 (January 2021) Managing Editor: Edward Venzke. Edited by Kadie L. Bennis. Kadovar (Papua New Guinea) Occasional ash and gas-and-steam plumes...
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Joint media release with: Senator the Hon Zed, Minister for International Development and the Pacific 09 April 2021 Australia is working closely with the Government of Papua New Guinea to support its...
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Joint media release with: - The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care - Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Minister for International Development and the Pacific 10 April 2021 Australia is...
This displacement profile gives an update on the situation of people displaced because of clan violence that happened on 28 January 2021 in Tari Pori District in Hela Province. Humanitarian teams on...
Strong increase in severe cases of COVID-19 infection ++ International medical assistance requested Berlin / Port Moresby - A few days ago, the World Health Organisation issued an international...
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25 Mar, 2021 The Australian Council for international Development (ACFID) is urging the Australian Government to accelerate its response to the escalating COVID-19 outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). ...
Up until March 2021, Papua New Guinea (PNG) had been largely spared any major COVID-19 outbreak. Within the few weeks, confirmed COVID-19 cases have tripled and increasing numbers of healthcare staff...
Executive Summary Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) was first detected in China’s Hubei Province in late December 2019, and was declared a global pandemic on 11th March 2020. COVID-19 is having...
Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh, Peixun Fang, Emily Schmidt ABSTRACT Understanding how the Papua New Guinea (PNG) agricultural economy and associated household consumption is affected by climate, market...
Papua New Guinea has rapid increasing of COVID-19 infections and imposed nationwide lockdown. 19 of the country's 22 provinces reported clustered transmission cases and nearly half of the cases are...
On March 17, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia will ramp up support to Papua New Guinea, and allocate 8000 vaccines, as well as personal protective equipment and medical...