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 ...

Environmental samples collected in Papua New Guinea’s two largest cities, Port Moresby and Lae, have detected type 2 poliomyelitis through wastewater testing in their sewage systems and ...

May 16 (UPI) --The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced early Friday that a polio outbreak has struck there. The nation's government said it is "stepping up its response after ...

In an effort to improve educational opportunities throughout the Pacific, the Church recently funded new classrooms in Tauruba and Babaka, Papua New Guinea; Veitongo, Tonga; and Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Two children have been diagnosed with polio in PNG. It's the first outbreak in the country since 2018, when an outbreak was eradicated the same year. The World Health Organization (WHO ...

Papua New Guinea has formally launched its Permanent Mission in Geneva, strengthening its diplomatic representation with the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and other international ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has conveyed his sincere congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on being elected the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Prime Minister Marape ...

Australia's plan to recruit from Papua New Guinea for its Defence Force raises "major ethical concerns", according to the Australia Defence Association, while another expert thinks it is broadly a ...

Does ICAC really needs to be prompted by leaders to carry out its mandated task and that is to investigate corruption in PNG? Is that what Daniel Bautch, the Deputy Commissioner – Operations is saying ...

Guinea is the world’s second-largest bauxite producer, trailing only Australia. Credit: BJP7images/Shutterstock. Guinea has commenced the process to revoke Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) mining ...

The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird, captured in a mist net on the outskirts of Wanang Village in Papua New Guinea in 2018. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist ...