Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s economy is weathering the pandemic well, despite many challenges. Real GDP in 2022 projected to exceed its 2019 level, and medium-term outlook positive, supported by investment (and revenues from) resource sector. The war Ukraine impacting PNG through higher commodity prices inflation, with former leading a stronger balance of payments fiscal revenues, since large produ...

The South Pacific countries of Vanuatu, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea have ascended rapidly up the development spectrum in recent years, refining an independent and post-colonial economic and political identity that enhances their recognition on the world stage. All three countries have overcome economic, political and public health challenges in order to stake their claim to sovereignty. In this...

Five new species of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål, D. longispinus, D. bifurcatus, D. bicornis, D. wauensis and D. brevispinus, spp. nov., are described and illustrated from Papua New Guinea. A check-list and key to the species from Papua New Guinea are given.

Two company strength exercises to Papua New Guinea produced 21 malaria casualties of whom 16 had potentially fatal falciparum infections. The chemotherapy and prevention of polyresistant malaria from Papua New Guinea and the threat posed to the Hong Kong environment regarding malaria re-introduction are discussed.

Haemophilus ducreyi has recently emerged as a leading cause of cutaneous ulcers in the yaws-endemic areas of Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific islands. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the H. ducreyi strain AUSPNG1, isolated from a cutaneous ulcer of a child from Papua New Guinea.

Lyrodus turnerae n. sp., a species of Teredinidae, is described from specimens in tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea. The new species is characterized by the morphology of the pallets, with a dark periostracal cap sharply descending into a thin calcium cup. New and existing collection records of L. turnerae are presented, indicating a distribution range from coastal Papua New Guinea and th...

Callianideidae and Thomassiniidae, two families of Axiidea, are synonymised and Callianideidae diagnosed. The six genera, Callianidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837, Crosniera Kensley & Heard, 1991, Mictaxius Kensley & Heard, 1991, Heardaxius Sakai, 2011, Paracallianidea Sakai, 1992 and Thomassinia de Saint Laurent, 1979 are diagnosed and all species listed. Garyia Sakai, 2011 is synonymised with Thoma...

Root crop production in Papua New Guinea is reviewed. Crops considered are the major ones (Ipomoea batatas, Colocasia esculenta, Dioscorea aiata, D. escuienta, Xanthosoma sagitti!olium), other significant root crops (Manihot esculenta, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, Cyrtosperma chpmissonis., Alocasia macro"htza and Solanum tuberosum) and 27 minor crops. For the major and significant crops, aspect...

Papua New Guinea, with its heavy dependence on natural resources, limited economic development in the past two decades, poor record of governance and high-profile separatist conflicts such as the Bougainville civil war, appears to be an exemplar of the ‘Resource Curse’ theory – the notion that natural resources actively undermine economic development. Using a number of examples from a range of ...

CEREBRAL MALARIA ADMISSIONS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAY SHOW INTER-ANNUAL CYCLICITY: AN EXAMPLE OF ≈1.5-YEAR CYCLE FOR MALARIA INCIDENCE IN BURUNDI Borislav D Dimitrov MD MSc PhD 1,# and Penka A Atanassova MD PhD 2 1#BORDANI, Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo, Italy; and 2 Department of Neurology, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Running head: Inter-annual cyclicity of malaria in Papua New Guinea and B...