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Getting the most out of health education in Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
Duke Trevor,
Tefuarani Nakapi,
Baravilala Wame
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06482.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , library science , medicine , sociology , ethnology , computer science
Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC. Trevor Duke, MD, FRACP, Senior Lecturer. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, NCD, Papua New Guinea. Nakapi Tefuarani, MMed, PhD, Associate Professor. Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji. Wame Baravilala, MRCOG, FRANZCOG, FACTM, Dean. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Dr Trevor Duke, Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052. trevor.duke@rch.org.au The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/12 606-607 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au South Pacific tion occurring in the country, and the ever-present th having an optimal impact on the health service. Key included Professor Leslie Eastcott (Vice Chancellor, U sor (Sir) Isi Kevau (Professor of Medicine, UPNG), Pr Baravilala (Dean, Fiji School of Medicine [FSM]), Maddocks (Emeritus Professor, Flinders University) Ian Riley (Professor of Tropical Health, University of he Me in T theme of the 2004 Annual Papua New Guinea (PNG) dical Symposium, held at the University of PNG (UPNG) Port Moresby in September, was “Medical and Health Education”. Running through the symposium were the threads of the many impressive and innovative developments in health educareats to these note speakers PNG), Profesofessor Wame Professor Ian and Professor Queensland). PNG’s Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, opened the symposium.