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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: First cholera cases in 50 years
Twelve people have died from the first outbreak of cholera in 50 years in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the disease must be urgently contained before it spreads further, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. It’s a major concern, mainly because the healthcare system in PNG remains weak …...
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PNG to Improve Border Links with Indonesia to Aid Poor Provinces
By: chnarendra
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is to improve its border facilities with neighboring Indonesian province, Papua, in a bid to tap trade and investment opportunities that can benefit some of its poorest provinces. To help achieve that goal, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $25 million loan and a technical assistance ...
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- News Source: Androscoggin News | 3 months agoPNG’s top medical official leads a team to areas hit by illness Posted at 19:21 on 07 September, 2009 UTC Papua New Guinea’s top medical official will today lead a team to assess the districts of Morobe province hit by outbreaks of cholera and...
- News Source: IRIN | 3 months agoTwelve people have died from the first outbreak of cholera in 50 years in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the disease must be urgently contained before it spreads further, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. It’s a major concern, mainly...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 3 months agoPNG ponders state of emergency in Morobe Posted at 02:45 on 07 September, 2009 UTC A state of emergency is expected to be declared in Papua New Guinea this afternoon as a deadly outbreak of cholera spreads to the city of Lae in Morobe province.
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