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Six years too long [Bougainville]

Pacific Journalism Review, 1994
An editorial on the Bougainville peace talks at Arawa in October 1994.
The Times of Papua New Guinea
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Efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum against Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani on bean and tomato plants

Annals of Tropical Research, 2022
Experiments were conducted in the laboratory, greenhouse, and field at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNGUT) to assess the efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum against Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum.
Gwendolyn Ban, Shamsul Akanda, Macquin Maino   +2 more
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Antibiotic resistant Shigella is a major cause of diarrhoea in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: Diarrhoea remains a major cause of illness in Papua New Guinea (PNG); however, little is known about its aetiology. As a result of the cholera outbreak that spread throughout PNG in 2009-2011, we conducted diarrhoeal surveillance in Eastern
Andrew R Greenhill, Carlton Guwada, Valentine Siba, Audrey Michael, Mition Yoannes, Yolandah Wawarie, Rebecca Ford, Peter M Siba, Paul F Horwood   +8 more
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A large outbreak of shigellosis commencing in an internally displaced population, Papua New Guinea, 2013

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2014
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate a large outbreak of shigellosis in Papua New Guinea that began in a camp for internally displaced persons before spreading throughout the general community.
Edwin Benny, Kelly Mesere, Boris I Pavlin, Logan Yakam, Rebecca Ford, Mition Yoannes, Debbie Kisa, Mohammad Y Abdad, Lincoln Menda, Andrew R Greenhill, Paul F Horwood   +10 more
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Three cases of neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea sets ground for development of national plan for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2013
Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. In 2011, three neonatal tetanus cases were investigated in Papua New Guinea, and all three cases were delivered at home by ...
Siddharta Sankar Datta, Roland Barnabas, Adeline Sitther, Laura Guarenti, Steven Toikilik, Grace Kariwiga, Gerard Pai Sui   +6 more
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Psychiatry in Papua New Guinea [PDF]

International Psychiatry, 2006
Papua New Guinea is an independent commonwealth in the South Pacific, lying just north of Australia and sharing its western border with Indonesia. The population of Papua New Guinea is 5.2 million, of whom 87% live in rural areas (2000 census) (National Statistics Office, 2003).
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Detection of enteric viral and bacterial pathogens associated with paediatric diarrhoea in Goroka, Papua New Guinea

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the viral and bacterial causes of acute watery diarrhoea in hospitalized children in Papua New Guinea. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on stool samples collected from 199 children (age
Kevin W. Soli, Tobias Maure, Monalisa P. Kas, Grace Bande, Sauli Bebes, Dagwin Luang-Suarkia, Peter M. Siba, Ayako Morita, Masahiro Umezaki, Andrew R. Greenhill, Paul F. Horwood   +10 more
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Digital Skills at Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea

IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of digital skills within a group of university students in Papua New Guinea and their ability to meaningfully engage within the digital world. The study also aimed to explore whether the traditionally
Iwona Kolodziejczyk, Philip Gibbs, Cecilia Nembou, Maria Rodina Sagrista   +3 more
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High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate of 333 cases per 100,000 population in 2016 and is one of the 14 countries classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “high-burden” for TB, multi-drug-resistant TB
Barne Willie, Avi J. Hakim, Steven G. Badman, Damian Weikum, Rebecca Narokobi, Kelsey Coy, Josephine Gabuzzi, Simon Pekon, Samson Gene, Angelyn Amos, Martha Kupul, Parker Hou, Nick M. Dala, David M. Whiley, Johanna Wapling, John M. Kaldor, Andrew J. Vallely, Angela Kelly-Hanku   +17 more
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Efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Papua New Guinea

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background In 2009, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Department of Health adopted artemether–lumefantrine (AL) and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (DHA-PPQ) as the first- and second-line treatments for uncomplicated malaria, respectively.
Livingstone Tavul, Manuel W. Hetzel, Albina Teliki, Dorish Walsh, Benson Kiniboro, Lawrence Rare, Justin Pulford, Peter M. Siba, Stephan Karl, Leo Makita, Leanne Robinson, Johanna H. Kattenberg, Moses Laman, Gilchrist Oswyn, Ivo Mueller   +14 more
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