Enga province in Papua New Guinea continues to grapple with heightened tensions stemming from recurring tribal conflicts. These conflicts have led to extensive damage to various essential...
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Papua New Guinea: empowering the healthcare workforce by strengthening its health information competencies
Papua New Guinea has set out a clear path as the first country to adopt the regional WHO Data Management Competency Framework, with the goal of developing and strengthening its health information...
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Investing in our region's health
Joint media release with: The Hon Pat Conroy MP , Minister for International Development and the Pacific 19 February 2024 Australia is boosting its support for a healthy Papua New Guinea with a new...
Papua New Guinea: Project Highlights : Emergency support to preventing the spread and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 along the agricultural value chain and building resilience in food security, nutrition and livelihoods
Objective To prevent the spread of COVID-19, mitigate negative impacts of the pandemic on the agricultural value chain and improve food security and nutrition among targeted communities. Activities...
Papua New Guinea: Mount Ulawun Volcano Eruption, Publication Date: 01 December 2023
BACKGROUND On 20 November 2023, Mount Ulawun volcano on the border of the West New Britain (WNB) and East New Britain (ENB) provinces erupted, spewing ash plumes. The Rabaul Volcanological...
Papua New Guinea 2023 IFRC network mid-year report, January – June 2023 (MAAPG003)
OVERALL PROGRESS Context Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of approximately nine million, with more than 800 languages spoken among more than 1,000 ethnic clans. A large proportion of the...
World Vision Papua New Guinea Country Factsheet, May 2023
ABOUT WORLD VISION PAPUA NEW GUINEA Established in 1950, World Vision (WV) is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organization, dedicated to working with children, families...
World Vision Papua New Guinea: Health
Overview Maternal and child survival and under nutrition remain signi!cant challenges in PNG. On top of low access to health services, world’s lowest infant vaccination rate, high disease burden,...
Papua New Guinea: Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction
Overview Papua New Guinea (PNG) is ranked as the 9th with the highest disaster risk rating globally as of 2021. The country is prone to many natural disasters including cyclones, drought,...
Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea: Wakunai and Torokina Displacement Profile - Round 2, Released 16 August 2023
Mount Bagana Volcano Eruption BACKGROUND IOM continues to work in partnership with the National Disaster Centre and Bougainville Office for Disaster and Climate Change to assess and assist...
Papua New Guinea: Mt. Bagana Volcano Eruption, Autonomous Region of Bougainville - Disaster Management Team Flash Update No. 1, 14 August 2023
This update is produced by the Papua New Guinea Disaster Management Team (DMT) in collaboration with humanitarian partners. HIGHLIGHTS IOM DTM reports 3,303 IDPs from 724 Households in Wakunai and...
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Administrator Samantha Power Meets With Prime Minister James Marape, Announces New Support for Papua New Guinea
For Immediate Release. Office of Press Relations. press@usaid.gov. Sunday, August 13, 2023. Press Release Today, Administrator Samantha Power announced USAID's significant investments to provide...
Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea: Wakunai and Torokina Displacement Profile - Released 31 July 2023
Mount Bagana Volcanic Activity BACKGROUND On 7 July 2023, Mt. Bagana located in Torokina district in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB) in Papua New Guinea, experienced a moderate volcanic...
Papua New Guinea: Medium Term Development Plan IV | 2023 - 2027 | National Prosperity Through Growing the Economy
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Medium-Term Development Plan IV 2023-2027 (MTDP IV) is themed as “National Prosperity through Growing the Economy”. The theme captures the Government’s intent to deliberately...
Papua New Guinea: Civil Unrest - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation No. MDRPG011 - Final Report
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Violence increased in some areas of the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea between May and July 2022, which was the time of the national general...
PNG: Support group sessions break silence on mental health needs, empower communities
An open hut at the Pureni Health Centre in Hela, Papua New Guinea (PNG), has a cheerful buzz as a group of women gather and greet each other. Some have walked for two hours across the green hills,...
Papua New Guinea: Disaster Management Team Humanitarian Update No. 05 (Updated as of 27th April 2023)
Highlands Election-Related Violence Tribal fighting between Aiyala and Nomali tribes erupted on 24 April 2023 in Porgera, Enga province allegedly due to unmet peace agreement commitments and...
Papua New Guinea: 7.0M Earthquake – Chambri Lake, East Sepik Province Disaster Management Team Flash Update No. 02, 8 April 2023
HIGHLIGHTS The number of reported deaths rises to eight and the number of injuries to 11 persons. More than 800 homes damaged and destroyed across multiple districts as per initial assessments by the...
Papua New Guinea: Disaster Management Team Humanitarian Update No. 04 (Updated as of 30th March 2023)
Highlands Election-Related Violence Communal Violence: 10 March 2023 – 5 killed in ethnic violence among Aiyala, Epekapi and Bipe tribes in Kairik Village, Lagaip/Pogera District, Enga Province. No...
Papua New Guinea: South West area - Reference Map (14/03/2023)
Please refer to the attached Map.