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After Robin Balo was shot with an arrow, he crawled to the nearest health centre, only to find a concrete slab. His story exposes the deep cracks in Papua New Guinea's health system. 
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Many in PNG have access to the vaccine, even in the remotest corners of the country. But the problem is a deep-seated fear of the vaccine.
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Donna Kawabata says she found her husband dehydrated and in soiled trousers when she went to visit him in hospital after he tested positive to COVID-19. She did her best to help him for 11 days, but then he passed away.
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Jelta Wong had been in the job for just two months when the coronavirus outbreak reached PNG
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Papua New Guinea's only radiation machine has been out of action for more than two years. Cancer patient Marggeret died before her family could save enough money to get treatment overseas.
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As Papua New Guinea grapples with its first polio outbreak in two decades, Fairfax Media journalist Matt Wade and photographer Louise Kennerley joined health workers on a vaccination drive in the nation's capital, Port Moresby.
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The risk of a dangerous new coronavirus variant emerging on Australia’s doorstep is very real, as Papua New Guinea battles high rates of infection and low vaccination coverage.
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Struggling with a a fragile healthcare system, remote populations and widespread fear of the vaccine, COVID is running rampant in PNG. Australia has done much to help, but is it enough?
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An out-of-control COVID epidemic in PNG would be a humanitarian and economic disaster for the nation itself, and a grave threat to the region.
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As Australia's closest neighbour, PNG's health security is a shared concern for both countries, and tuberculosis is just one problem.
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The Pacific nation hoped that hosting the APEC summit meeting would elevate its international profile, but a national health crisis threatens to overshadow it.
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