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Countryâs immunisation rates too low, warns WHO | The National (opens the original)
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IMMUNISATION rates at health facilities in Morobe have been decreasing because of a population that is constantly moving, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO country representative Dr Rajendra Prasad Yadav said the biggest concern was the immunisation rate which for Papua New Guinea âis not so highâ. âThis year, we need to get to at least 80 per cent,â he said. âHaving 47 per cent or 48 per cent for immunisation rates is too low for PNG and we need to increase that.â
Physiotherapy gets first guideline booklet | The National (opens the original)
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FOR the first time a National Physiotherapy Standard of Practice and Guideline booklet which was developed by the Papua New Guinea Physiotherapy Association was officially handed to the Health Department in Lae last Friday. Dr Hoxson Okti Poki, chief surgeon and the chairman of the National Rehabilitation Strategic Plan Committee under the Health Department, said physiotherapy was an important in the medical space. “It is not easy to develop such documents,” he said. “This is the first time for
Financial reforms for PHAs | The National (opens the original)
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THREE financial reforms are being introduced to help Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) better fund primary healthcare and universal health coverage, says Deputy Health Secretary Dr Daoni Esorom. He told the 60th medical symposium in Lae that the Government’s free healthcare policy still involved costs. “Free primary health care is never free, both from the supplier side and the demand side,” he said. “We are reviewing that government policy and we are trying to tie into other interventions su
Catholic Church Health Services facilities get ventilators | The National (opens the original)
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EIGHT new portable ventilators will be used across four Catholic Church Health Services facilities, says an official. Catholic Church Health Services Lae manager Sr Knowledge Ndlovu said the portable ventilators would be distributed to other church-run health facilities in the country to improve their services. “From the eight ventilators received, four will be sent down to Rabaul’s Nonga General Hospital, two to Raihu District Hospital which was recently commissioned in Aitape, West Sepik,” she
Surgical care booklets launched | The National (opens the original)
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THE PNG Medical Society surgical team launched two booklets on surgical care at the 60th Medical Symposium yesterday. The booklets were Standard Management of Surgical Conditions in PNG and Operating Theater Protocol and Guidelines. Dr Paki Molumi, chief surgeon and CEO of Port Moresby Referral Hospital, said that this was a milestone in surgical care in the country. “For a long time our country, our health workers, especially in the lower level health facilities, did not have the opportunity to
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