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| JULIAN FLIES HOME AFTER WORLD-FIRST SURGERY |
SYDNEY, Australia Jan 20, 2008 (Australian Doctors International) - Two-year old Julian Inarkombu has flown home to Papua New Guinea, after some emotional farewells to ADI volunteers, doctors and nursing staff from Sydney Eye Hospital and Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.
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| ADI DOCTOR PAINTS DESPERATE PICTURE OF HEALTH IN REMOTE PNG |
| SYDNEY, Australia Jan 11, 2008 (Australian Doctors International) - Rampant disease and lack of medical resources are crippling remote communities in our closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea says Australian Doctors International volunteer Dr. Siah Kim. |
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| JULIAN'S JOURNEY AND THE GIFT OF SIGHT |
| SYDNEY, Australia, Dec 19, 2007 (Australian Doctors International) - A two-year-old West Papuan refugee has undergone the world’s first combined ophthalmic surgery of its kind at Sydney Eye Hospital to correct a rare congenital eye abnormality and save his sight. Made possible with the assistance of Australian Doctors International (ADI) and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, this groundbreaking surgery has helped restore Julian Inarkombu’s vision. |
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| MALARIA CLIMBS INTO WARMER HIGHLANDS |
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea Dec 9, 2007 (The Associated Press), By Charles J. Hanley - In one New Guinea hilltop village the message was rooted deep in lore: If you hunt in the valley below and sleep there overnight, evil spirits will possess you, you'll become sick, and you'll die.
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| WAKING UP FINALLY TO THE HIV AND AIDS THREAT |
MADANG, Papua New Guinea, Dec 5, 2007 (IPS-Inter Press Service), By Kevin Pamba - When the new government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) set up in August a separate ministry devoted to containing HIV and AIDS in this Pacific Island country, it reflected the enormity of the threat to its six million people.
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| ROCHE PRODUCTS FUNDS AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR FOR MEDICAL RELIEF WORK IN PNG |
| SYDNEY, Australia, Oct 8, 2007 (Australian Doctors International) - Leading pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, Roche Products Pty Ltd (Australia) today announced AUD$30,000 in funding to deploy an Australian Doctors International (ADI) field doctor to Western Province, Papua New Guinea. |
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| NORTH FLY BENEFITS FROM MALARIA PREVENTION PROGRAM |
| PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Mar 7, 2007 (PNG Sustainable Development Program) - Families in the North Fly District of Western Province will soon benefit from a Malaria Prevention Bed Net Program, following the signing of a funding agreement today in Port Moresby, between PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd (PNGSDP) and Australian Doctors International (ADI). |
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| BATTLE AGAINST DEADLY MALARIA IN PNG BOOSTED BY NEW BED NET FUNDING |
| SYDNEY, Australia, Sep 19, 2006 (Australian Doctors International) - ADI’s assault on one of Papua New Guinea’s leading killers, Malaria, has received a major boost with the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program (PNGSDP) approving funding of AUD$110,000 towards a new Bed Net project. |
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