Human resource challenges in scaling up the response to HIV in Papua New Guinea.

WPSAR Vol 3, No 3, 2012 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.2.006 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a Human Resources for Health Knowledge Hub, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. b School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Submitted: 1 May 2012; Published: 3 September 2012 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.2.006 In Papua New Guinea, an estimated 0.9% of the adult population is infected with HIV, and the spread of the epidemic is geographically heterogeneous.1 The seriousness of the epidemic presents many issues for the government, donors and nongovernmental organizations. One of the greatest challenges of the HIV response is that of human resources. This article highlights human resource issues specific to HIV in Papua New Guinea and raises a series of questions that need to be addressed.