The direct medical cost of breast cancer management in a provincial hospital of Papua New Guinea: A cost of illness study of consecutive patients from 2017 to 2022
CONCLUSION: Investment in screening, diagnosis and treatment is crucial in addressing the burden of breast cancer in PNG.POLICY SUMMARY: Provincial hospitals (in PNG) must invest in and implement the 2015 National Cancer Control Policy strategies that aim to develop hospital based cancer registries, human resources, equip health systems, improve cancer screening, improve diagnostics, research, funding and treatment for breast cancer control.PMID:37813161 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100447 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - October 9, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ian Umo Michealynne Kulai Pius Umo Kennedy James Rodger Ikasa Source Type: research
Community-supported self-administered tuberculosis treatment combined with active tuberculosis screening: a pilot experience in Conakry, Guinea
Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31;16(1):2262134. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2262134. Epub 2023 Oct 6.ABSTRACTDirectly observed treatment (DOT) for tuberculosis (TB) is recommended by the World Health Organization. However, DOT does not always meet patients' preferences, burdens health facilities, and is hard to implement in settings where access to healthcare services is regularly interrupted. A model addressing these limitations of DOT is community-supported self-administered treatment (CS-SAT), in which patients who self-administer TB treatment receive regular visits from community members. Guinea is a country with a high ...
Source: Global Health Action - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Souleymane Hassane-Harouna Tinne Gils Tom Decroo Nimer Ortu ño-Gutiérrez Alexandre Delamou Gba-Foromo Cherif Lansana Mady Camara Leen Rigouts Bouke Catherine de Jong Source Type: research
Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guineas Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases
Conclusions
This study enabled service planning and demonstrated a need sufficient to acquire funding to establish primary care. In doing so, it aided Wanang’s community to develop sustainably, without sacrificing their forest home. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - October 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Middleton, J., Colthart, G., Dem, F., Elkins, A., Fairhead, J., Hazell, R. J., Head, M. G., Inacio, J., Jimbudo, M., Jones, C. I., Laman, M., MacGregor, H., Novotny, V., Peck, M., Philip, J., Paliau, J., Pomat, W., Stockdale, J. A., Sui, S., Stewart, A. J Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
A Health Survey Revealing Prevalence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea Defence Force Personnel and Families
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230341. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0341. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Papua New Guinean Defence Force (PNGDF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) work and train closely. Infectious diseases pose a health threat to both forces, but recent knowledge about the risk at military bases in Papua New Guinea is limited. To improve understanding, a collaborative cross-sectional survey was conducted (March-April 2019) at Lombrum Naval base (Manus province) and Moem Army barracks (Wewak, East Sepik province) plus its Vanimo outpost (Sandaun province). Clinical data, venous blood, and sputum were c...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Fiona McCallum Krond Mond Qin Cheng Luis Furuya-Kanamori Alyson Auliff Peter Kaminiel ADFMIDI/PNGDF Health Services Survey Team Source Type: research
