AGP Executive Report
Last update: a day agoTB Advocacy Push: PNG’s Special Parliamentary Committee on Health Matters and the Parliamentary TB Caucus launched a TB Advocacy Media Strategy after high-level advocacy training, aiming to strengthen political leadership and coordinated action to end TB. Parliament Backs TB: More than 50 MPs signed a declaration supporting the PNG Parliamentary TB Caucus, signalling bipartisan momentum against one of the country’s biggest health crises. Rural Connectivity for Health: The US will provide US$30 million for satellite internet across PNG, targeting remote schools, rural health facilities and disaster centres to improve access to healthcare and services. Digital Government in Morobe: PNG DataCo signed agreements with Morobe Provincial Government to expand telecom access and roll out a Morobe Digital Government Services Platform, including an ERP system to modernise services. Cancer Risk Warning: A visiting surgeon in PNG urged people to stop betel nut chewing, citing its link to oral cancers and other health harms, including higher TB spread risk. Hospital Care Upgrade: Paradise Private Hospital reported life-saving congenital surgeries for eight children, with visiting Australian specialists leading training and knowledge transfer.
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