scholarly journals Dr Himson Tamur Mulas, the first national specialist anaesthetist in Papua New Guinea

2020 ◽  
pp. 0310057X2097750
Author(s):  
Terence E Loughnan ◽  
Pauline B Wake
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Alfred Hospital ◽  
The University ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
New Britain

Dr Himson Tamur Mulas was born on the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain, New Guinea, on 13 March 1934. After finishing his schooling, he was selected to go to Fiji to undertake a medical course at Fiji Central Medical School in 1953, returning to New Guinea in 1958. He successfully completed residency posts and after a period of training in anaesthesia in Port Moresby, was sent to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, in 1966–1967 to further his anaesthetic career. After returning to New Guinea he undertook several administrative posts as well as continuing his anaesthetic career before settling at Nonga Hospital in Rabaul, East New Britain Province. He was first registered as a specialist anaesthetist in 1972. He went on to complete a Diploma in Public Health in New Zealand in 1974, and in 1976 completed a Diploma in Tropical Health and Hygiene at the University of Sydney. He left public hospital anaesthetic practice in 1980. He is recognised as the first New Guinean to be a specialist anaesthetist. He died on 28 July 2000 aged 66 years.

History of non-physician anaesthesia providers in Papua New Guinea: from heil tultuls to Anaesthetic Scientific Officers

2021 ◽  
pp. 0310057X2110278
Author(s):  
Terence E Loughnan ◽  
Michael G Cooper ◽  
Pauline B Wake ◽  
Harry Aigeeleng
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Medical Assistants ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

The most recent estimates, published in 2016, have indicated that around 70% of anaesthesia providers in Papua New Guinea are non-physician anaesthetic providers and that they administer over 90% of anaesthetics, with a significant number unsupervised by a physician anaesthetist. Papua New Guinea has a physician anaesthetist ratio estimated to be 0.25 per 100,000 population, while Australia and New Zealand have a ratio of 19 physician anaesthetists per 100,000, which is 75 times that of Papua New Guinea. To reach a ratio of seven per 100,000, recommended as the minimum acceptable by the Lancet Commission in 2016, there will need to be over 35 practitioners trained per annum until 2030, at a time when the average annual numbers of recent years are less than three physicians and less than five non-physician anaesthetic providers. We review the development of anaesthesia administered by non-physician indigenous staff and the stages of development from heil tultuls, dokta bois, liklik doktas, native medical assistants, aid post orderlies, and Anaesthetic Technical Officers up to the current Anaesthetic Scientific Officers having attained the Diploma in Anaesthetic Science from the University of Papua New Guinea.

scholarly journals Standoff in Papua New Guinea: Students take issue over corruption

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Emily Matasororo
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
News Media ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Tertiary Student ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Port Moresby

Commentary: A widespread student national boycott of classes and protests against the government of Peter O’Neill in Papua New Guinea during May and June 2016, supported by many civil society groups and activists. The epicentre of these protests was the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in the nation's capital, Port Moresby. Demonstrations stirred by allegations of corruption against Prime Minister O'Neill grew in intensity until police opened fire on peaceful protesters on June 8. The protests were largely organised by the elected UPNG Student Representative Council, which entered into alliances with other tertiary student bodies, especially at the University of Technology in Lae, and civil society groups such as UPNG Focus and the Community Coalition Against Corruption. The essential argument of the students was that instead of thwarting investigations into allegations that $30 million of fraudulent legal bills were paid to the legal firm Paraka Lawyers, O’Neill should resign from office and present himself to the police investigators for questioning as they had demanded. This article focuses on the student leadership’s role and critiques the coverage of two major national press outlets, the PNG Post-Courier and The National, leading to the temporary shutdown of the university. It argues that there were issues of ethics and integrity at stake with both students and the news media.

scholarly journals The origins of journalism education at UPNG

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-98
Author(s):  
Peter Henshall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
Education Training ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

Journalism education training was started at the University of PNG at the beginning of 1975, when the New Zealand Government agreed to fund a one-year Diploma in Journalism for an initial two-year period. Before this, the few national journalists employed in Papua New Guinea had been trained in-house by the two-principal employers of the time— the Office of Information and the National Broadcasting Commission. 

scholarly journals Western media ‘elite’models challenged by PNG research

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-213
Author(s):  
Patrick Craddock
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Communication Culture ◽  
New Britain ◽  
Information Gaps

Reviewed book edited by Evangelia Papoutsaki, Michael McManus and Patrick Matbob Publication date: October, 2011 More than 20 authors have been included in Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem? This should surely be the book of the month on media in the Pacific. The editors have divided the book into four themes focusing on: mainstream media issues; social issues; information gaps and development issues, and the search for solutions. A glance at the mini-profiles of the authors show that many come from a range of PNG backgrounds, including the Highlands, Bougainville, New Ireland, Manus and East New Britain. Also represented in the book are well-known media academics from New Zealand and Australia.

scholarly journals INTERVIEW: Jo Chandler: Gender, human rights and power investigations in Papua New Guinea

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Jo Chandler ◽  
Tom Morton
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Online Publication ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
The University ◽  
Port Moresby

INTERVIEW: A series of stories on the complexity and contradictions of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s closest neighbour, has won the 2013 George Munster award for independent journalism. The award is presented by the George Munster Trust and the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ) at the University of Technology, Sydney. Freelance journalist and former senior writer for Fairfax Media, Jo Chandler won the award for her Papua New Guinea articles, published in 2013 in the now defunct online publication The Global Mail. Covering issues such as health and human rights; violence and justice; aid and development; gender and power, the stories illustrate the complexity and contradictions of PNG, Australia’s closest neighbour. These stories included ‘It’s 2013, And They’re Burning Witches’, an article which received more than one mil­lion page views, and the personal ‘TB and me’. Each story demonstrated strong investigative skills, rigorous fact checking and quality writing. At the award presentation on 17 March 2014 at UTS, Chandler took part in a conversation with ACIJ director associate professor Tom Morton about her stories, how and why she covered them and what continues to motivate her. The George Munster Award recognises excellence in journalism and commemorates George Munster, freelance editor, journalist and writer.Caption: Figure 2: These men call their gang ‘Dirty Dons 585’ and admit to rapes and armed robberies in the Port Moresby area. They say two-thirds of their victims are women. © Vlad Sokhin 

Public Health in Papua New Guinea

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Denoon ◽  
Kathleen Dugan ◽  
Leslie Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea
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