PAPUA New Guinea has taken a major step in the fight against polio, with the arrival of more than 4.6 million life-saving ...

The World Health Organization says wild poliovirus type 2 was eradicated in 1999, but the deadly disease has been detected ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has taken a major step in the fight against polio, with the arrival of more than 4.6 million life-saving vaccine doses to kickstart a nationwide immunisation blitz. The shipment ...

The perpetrators, who abducted the victims from the Middle Fly District in Western Province on 12 May, are demanding US$132,000 in ransom for their release.

Papua New Guinea's community volunteers provide essential services and health promotion, but the absence of financial support ...

Papua New Guinea was declared polio-free in 2000, but it experienced an outbreak in 2018 that paralysed 26 people. The situation now is “serious but manageable,” health minister Elias Kapavore said in ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in the country, and called for an immediate vaccination campaign. This follows environmental sampling that showed a re-emergence of ...

Distrust of the COVID vaccine in PNG has spread to a general distrust of all vaccinations, according to local health professionals. “COVID vaccine resistance has translated into the hesitancy of ...

Sydney: A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said. Poliovirus, most often ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern and says neighbouring countries are at risk as it declares an outbreak of polio virus in Papua New Guinea. Community transmission of ...