calendar_today 02 February 2017

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Personal tragedy drives UNFPA Representative to dedicate career to improve mother’s lives

Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- Mr. Koffi Kouame, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) new Representative to Papua New Guinea, was three years old when his mum…

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Children by choice and not by chance - implants improving the lives of PNG families

This is not how Esther Nelson wants to picture her home country in the future.  The 31 year old former midwife lives at six mile, one of the overcrowded outskirt suburbs of…

calendar_today 01 February 2017

Once in a decade survey in PNG now underway

LAE, Papua New Guinea -- A nationwide survey of more than 19,000 Papua New Guinean households is being conducted to get a snapshot of country’s population and health…

calendar_today 01 February 2017

Meet the people quietly dispatching life saving medical supplies around PNG

LAE, Port Moresby -- Inside the boxes that stack up around Rigo Guas are medicines that will help change the lives of many women in his community. Mr. Guas works at the regional…

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New kit prepares for pregnancies in PNG emergencies

 “When women are pregnant, it already puts a massive strain on their bodies. They often get morning sickness and nausea, swollen feet and feel extremely tired. So,…