AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate-resilience health upgrades: Madang’s rural facilities just received a K2 million boost under a New Zealand-backed climate resilience programme, with solar power and battery storage, stronger water systems, and upgrades to patient areas at Yagaum Rural Hospital plus Saussi and Usino health centres. Cervical cancer prevention: Papua New Guinea has launched HPV vaccination for girls aged 9–14, starting in NCD and Central via schools, health facilities and outreach, targeting about 60,000 girls in phase one. Regional cancer care push: PNG says its new oncology and radiology centre in Port Moresby is set to open by year-end, aiming to serve Pacific patients at subsidised local rates (with Vanuatu patients expected to pay airfare). Health system guidance: The PNG Physiotherapy Association has handed the first National Physiotherapy Standard of Practice and Guideline booklet to the Health Department in Lae. Snakebite warning: Health authorities are calling for better snakebite reporting, saying PNG still lacks reliable data despite ongoing rural emergencies. Violence support: Femili PNG has appointed Australia’s inaugural Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner, Micaela Cronin, to its board to strengthen services for survivors.
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