AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoHealth Workforce & Training: Divine Word University (DWU) opened and blessed a Medical Program Student Dormitory at ANGAU Memorial Hospital in Lae, aiming to improve safe accommodation for future doctors and strengthen PNG’s health workforce pipeline. Medicines Access: Australia backed the Angau Hospital pharmacy project in Lae, with construction set to start on a new pharmacy building to better store, manage and distribute medicines at one of PNG’s busiest referral hospitals. Maternal & Child Health Skills: A PNG midwife, Beverly Hunney, graduated with a Master of Public Health through the US Fulbright programme, focused on reducing preventable maternal and child deaths in rural communities. Climate & Child Health: UNICEF reports half of the world’s children face at least three overlapping climate hazards, highlighting PNG cases where children must swim across crocodile-filled rivers to reach school after a bridge washed away. Urban Services Pressure: NCD leaders say Port Moresby must be “2028-ready” for the NRL, including health facilities, roads and services, as rapid urbanisation increases demand. Regional Disaster Readiness: PNG joined Pacific Response Group Exercise MARARA 26 to rehearse coordinated humanitarian and medical support for disaster response across the region.
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