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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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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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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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Challenges of establishing an emergency medical team in Papua New Guinea

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
Problem: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is situated in the Pacific Ocean and has experienced multiple natural disasters and disease outbreaks. However, PNG lacks the ability to rapidly and systematically deploy trained personnel to provide surge capacity in ...
Ulysses Oli, Rose Hosea, B Priya Lakshmy T Balasubramaniam, Freda Timbi, Gary Nou   +4 more
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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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Using soundscapes to detect variable degrees of human influence on tropical forests in Papua New Guinea

Conservation Biology, 2018
There is global concern about tropical forest degradation, in part, because of the associated loss of biodiversity. Communities and indigenous people play a fundamental role in tropical forest management and are often efficient at preventing forest ...
Z. Buřivalová, M. Towsey, T. Boucher, A. Truskinger, Cosmas Apelis, P. Roe, E. Game   +6 more
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Infrastructure expansion challenges sustainable development in Papua New Guinea

PLoS ONE, 2019
The island of New Guinea hosts the third largest expanse of tropical rainforest on the planet. Papua New Guinea—comprising the eastern half of the island—plans to nearly double its national road network (from 8,700 to 15,000 km) over the next three years,
M. Alamgir, S. Sloan, M. Campbell, Jayden E. Engert, Regina Kiele, Gabriel Porolak, Thomas A. Mutton, Ambroise Brenier, P. Ibisch, W. Laurance   +9 more
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Reconnaissance investigation of geothermal resources in parts of the Middle Benue Trough, Nigeria using remote sensing and geophysical methods

Energy Geoscience, 2022
In Nigeria, the basement complex and the sedimentary basins house many thermal springs which are physical manifestations of geothermal energy. However, there are difficulties in accessing the sustainability of these resources due to ethical and security ...
Tochukwu Ngene, Manoj Mukhopadhyay, Suame Ampana   +2 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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