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Tetanus vaccination campaign underway

PORT MORESBY, 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). full report

ASIA: Parliamentarians mull how to boost health

 BANGKOK, 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. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Gender-based violence left untreated

 PORT MORESBY, 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. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Poor eye care worsens rural suffering

 PORT MORESBY, 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. full report

ASIA: Isolation, poverty loom for an aging population

 BANGKOK, 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. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rescue effort for landslide survivors continues

 PORT MORESBY, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - 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. full report

HEALTH: Yaws treatment study prompts WHO review

 BANGKOK, 11 January 2012 (IRIN) - Findings that a one-time oral treatment to cure yaws, a neglected tropical disease, is as effective as the currently recommended penicillin injection have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to convene a meeting on how the disease may be wiped out. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Population growth fuels conflict

 GOROKA, 21 December 2011 (IRIN) - Unchecked population growth is fast proving an additional source of conflict in Papua New Guinea (PNG), a country with a history of clan violence and clashes over land, experts say. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Political impasse threatens stability

 PORT MORESBY, 16 December 2011 (IRIN) - An uneasy calm hangs over Papua New Guinea (PNG), as a political impasse over the premiership continues after almost a week, experts say. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tackling maternal health "crisis"

 GOROKA, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - Decades of neglect, a failing health system and remote mountainous topography have created a "crisis in maternal health", according to a government taskforce in Papua New Guinea. full report

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