https://www.medsf.org/rss/papua-new-guinea en https://www.medsf.org/supporting-victims-and-survivors-violence-papua-new-guineas-highlands In Papua New Guinea we are training health workers and engaging communities on care for victims and survivors of violence. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:04:06 +0000 5f3a5b91-eca9-439c-9e3e-64b336924bc9 https://www.medsf.org/png-health-system-verge-collapse-following-covid-19-surge In PNG, the health system is at risk of collapsing following an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients. Given the staff shortages, patients have little to no access to regular basic health care. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:03:56 +0000 58a9b700-bf98-4315-a5b3-063e81bbe2eb https://www.medsf.org/preparing-covid-19-south-east-asia MEDSF emergency coordinator Dr Tankred Stöbe visited several countries in South-East Asia to assess their preparedness for potential outbreaks of COVID-19 coronavirus. He describes providing training to healthcare staff in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea. Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:31:06 +0000 7447693e-ec2a-47a7-b26d-e0f6d3e529ac https://www.medsf.org/patients-tackle-arduous-and-lengthy-tuberculosis-treatment-papua-new-guinea Access to a new TB drug combination has become available in Papua New Guinea (PNG). But most people are still on the difficult old treatment - where MEDSF teams are helping people adhere to treatment. Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:11:24 +0000 ea175cfa-02f2-4a06-bde0-4a6b6c5f41c3 https://www.medsf.org/papua-new-guinea-bringing-tb-treatment-closer-home An estimated 30,000 new cases in 2016, expanding and improving TB care in PNG is an uphill battle. Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:29:14 +0000 d8a03979-f8b1-4304-9963-45341a3529ed https://www.medsf.org/papua-new-guinea-msf-urges-access-asylum-seekers-and-refugees-manus-island-transit-centres Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) urges Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities to give its team access to the asylum seekers and refugees in Manus Island transit centres, to assess refugees’ conditions and provide essential medical care. Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:21:08 +0000 29bd9bd0-7be7-4be9-9d95-0cbc47fa9ed6 https://www.medsf.org/photo-story-cycles-abuse-and-gender-based-violence-revealed-papua-new-guinea A new MEDSF report “Return to Abuser” uncovers the gaps in services and systems in Papua New Guinea, trapping women and children in cycles of severe family and sexual violence. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:20:50 +0000 db1e2d45-d9e7-432b-8bcd-bedd9a339430 https://www.medsf.org/papua-new-guinea-new-msf-report-return-abuser-reveals-cycle-abuse-survivors-family-and-sexual “Return to Abuser” report uncovers the gaps in services and systems trapping women and children in cycles of severe family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea.The report includes comprehensive data from more than 3,000 survivors of family and sexual violence that MEDSF treated in 2014-15 in its two projects in both rural Tari, in Hela Province, and the capital, Port Moresby, Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 d90a3d97-6527-4deb-924f-b1017fbc51b3 https://www.medsf.org/papua-new-guinea-how-reach-patients-%E2%80%98land-without-land-cruisers%E2%80%99 PNG's Gulf Province is largely a land without Land Cruisers, the four-wheeled workhorses used by MEDSF operations across the world. So how do we access and treat patients in the tuberculosis programme that has been running since May 2014, and ensure that a population with a high burden of TB can receive treatment and follow-up care? Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:34:17 +0000 c765e492-1ee1-4e85-9ecb-494682d54d11 https://www.medsf.org/papua-new-guinea-innovating-reach-remote-tb-patients-and-improve-access-treatment Tuberculosis prevalence is among the highest in the world, with major access challenges Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:40:11 +0000 f3c1bb05-a8a4-4c73-b147-3d2fac83db9d