How Can Number Of Doctors Working In District And Provincial Hospitals In PNG Be Increased?

The current patient doctor ratio for PNG is 20,000:1. That’s right, 20,000 patients to one doctor! What a nightmare for a medical officer working in a country with this kind of patient doctor ratio.
Recently the PNG government announced that they were going to recruit doctors from Cuba to work in PNG. While they have their own reasons and indeed [...]

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Ever Wondered Why Yawning Is Contagious?

Before you start reading this article, quickly grab a pen and a piece of paper. And record the number of times you yawn while reading this. Anything to do with yawning causes you or someone else to yawn. Looking at videos of people yawning, listening to audio tapes of yawning or even reading material on [...]

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Is There A Place For Herbal Medicine In The Treatment Of AIDS Sufferers In PNG?

There have been many commentaries on the potential to discover new drugs from plants in PNG because of it’s vast biodiversity. I do not want to go into all that. There is are more  controversial but I think equally interesting to those who are bit more academically inclined like myself. I am talking about the [...]

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