Links/Partners
PNG Society for Rural and Remote Health
This society strives to advocate for the many underserved people living in remote parts of PNG and seeks to provide educational tools, training and support for the doctors working in these areas.
www.pngruralsociety.org
Insight
Insight is an Australian based medical student group that had it’s genesis in student visits to PNG. Insight seeks to raise awareness on developing world health issues amongst medical students, and raises funds for needy projects across the world.
www.insight-health.org.au
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
www.who.int
Royal Australian College of General Practice
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is Australia’s largest professional general practice organisation and represents urban and rural general practitioners.
RACGP has been an important partner in the training of our young PNG doctors over the last 5 years.
Rumginae Hospital and Community Health Worker Training School
Rumginae Hospital and Community Health Worker Training School is operated by Evangelical Church of Papua New Guinea Health Services – North Fly District, Western Province
www.rumginae.info
Nazarene Health Ministries
Based out of the large rural hospital at Kudjip in the Jiwaka Province, many of our young PNG doctors are now being trained there are part of the MMED (Rural) program.
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
The ACRRM is one of the two Australian Medical Council (AMC) accredited general practice colleges in Australia. It provides training, certification and professional development for rural general practice as well as advocacy and support for current and prospective rural doctors.
We have recently been working with ACRRM to form partnerships that will see benefits for both PNG and Australian rural generalists.
Baptist Union of PNG
The Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea (BUPNG) is a non-government organisation that seeks to serve the people of Papua New Guinea by facilitating spiritual, physical, social and economic well being. BUPNG’s vision is to transform the lives of people in Papua New Guinea in their relationships with God, one another and their environment.
Quit Smoking Community
Quit Smoking Community is a virtual community that offers support and information for those trying to quit smoking. Quit Smoking Community works hard to raise awareness of the dangers smoking tobacco cigarettes and marijuana.
