PNG Society for Rural & Remote Health
PO Box 16 Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea pngruralsociety@gmail.com
The last 2 years as seen the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at UPNG revive its rural exposure for final year students. During the 1970’s PNG had a rural health program for medical undergrads that was world leading, but unfortunately this was allowed to slide. However with assistance from the Australian Govt through its…
The 9th of April 2014 was a major landmark in the journey of rural health services for PNG, when Drs Trevor Kelebi, Gabriel Yohang and Felix Diaku, became the country’s first graduates of the MMED (Rural) program. After 7 years of arduous post graduate training (all done while holding down full time Medical Superintendent jobs…
Two new files have been added under the Continuing Medical Education section on the site. 1. Neonatal Care Minimum Standards PNG Med J 2000 Mar-Jun;43(1-2):127-136 The effect of introduction of minimal standards of neonatal care on in-hospital mortality TREVOR DUKE1, LENA WILLIE1 AND JOYCE M. MGONE1 Department of Paediatrics, Goroka Base Hospital, Papua New Guinea…