1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Modilon General Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea 2 Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 378, 511 Madang, Papua New Guinea 3 MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 4 Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), The University of Melbour...

WPSAR Vol 3, No 2, 2012 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2011.2.4.016 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. b World Health Organization, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. c School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. d School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth...

SIRIn a recent review of the infectious complications of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection, Marsh [1] suggested that those individuals infected with HTLV-I may be at increased risk of tuberculosis. This risk may be due to reduced delayed-type hypersensitivity to PPD in asymptomatic patients infected with HTLV-l. Up to 14% of the population in Papua New Guinea are infecte...

Malaria poses the greatest health threat to British soldiers engaged in jungle training in Papua New Guinea. This paper provides detailed epidemiological information gained following a visit to the Papua New Guinea Malaria Research Unit in January 1986.

A new species, Epania gressitti sp. nov., is described. Specimens were intercepted from imported ebony timber (Diospyros sp., Ebenaceae) from Papua New Guinea. A key to Epania species in Papua New Guinea is presented.

Four new taxa from New Guinea are proposed in the dung beetle genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802, all in the operational group of Onthophagus catenatus Lansberge, 1883. The group is discussed, defined, and the five taxa included are listed, keyed, and diagnosed. Three new species are described: Onthophagus abmisibilus (from West New Guinea, Indonesia), Onthophagus kokodanus, Onthophagus kokosqua...

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...

On many measures of ethno-linguistic diversity, Papua New Guinea is the most fragmented society in the world. I argue that the macro-level political effect of this diversity has been to reduce, rather than increase, the impact of ethnic conflict on the state. Outside the Bougainville conflict, and (to a lesser extent) the recent upsurge of violence in the Southern Highlands, ethnic conflicts in...

(RAAF) operated throughout the South Pacific, often without the support of immediate search-and-recovery aircraft. The number of aircraft lost by the combatant nations in the southwest Pacific during WWII is still not known, but is probably more than 1000. Many aircraft were lost over Papua New Guinea. It is estimated that there are still over 500 aircraft with full crews missing in Papua New G...

Greenfield & Randall (2011) described the gobiid fishes Eviota dorsogilva from Fiji and E. dorsopurpurea from Papua New Guinea as new species in what they termed the Eviota nigriventris complex. They also extended the range of E. nigriventris, type locality Banda Sea, to Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. In the present paper, we describe their misidentified E. nigriventris from Papua New Guinea as a...