A5081503410- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Migration, Health and Trauma
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
2024-2025
Unsafe abortion is a preventable contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly for young unmarried women in low resource settings. In Papua New Guinea, legally restricted highly stigmatised, limiting access safe post-abortion care, resulting unsafe abortion. This paper explores people's lived experiences agency relation We undertook qualitative research between 2019 2021 rural, peri-urban urban settings Guinea found that was enacted or constrained at different points along...
Introduction Unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls is a public health priority globally, particularly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where low contraceptive use young people has resulted some of the highest fertility rates Asia–Pacific region. This paper investigates socio-structural influences on girls’ ability to prevent unintended pregnancies PNG. Methods Qualitative research conducted between 2019 and 2021; inductive thematic analysis in-depth interviews with 19 aged 15–17 years living...
Combined education and counselling can contribute to person-centred care for tuberculosis (TB), improving uptake, adherence, outcomes of treatment TB disease infection. Though strongly recommended by the World Health Organization all people diagnosed with TB, is not widely implemented in programs around world. In 2016, a pilot program, delivered trained professionals peers, was initiated support on South Fly District Papua New Guinea. This article reports select findings from qualitative...
Papua New Guinea's health system faces ongoing challenges in the provision of maternal and child has some poorest indicators world. In this paper, we describe impact COVID-19 on health, as examples primary care services. We conducted 131 semi-structured interviews with different population groups seven provinces (Jul–Nov 2021). A deductive analysis focused identifying using World Health Organization building blocks framework. An inductive explored these impacts for services specifically....
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