Building a healthier and fairer world
World Health Day is held annually on 7 April and marks the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948. For more than 70 years, this day has been used to increase public knowledge and…
TB and COVID-19: fighting infectious disease in PNG
Tuberculosis is a disease that has been all-but eradicated in most developed countries but it is still the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.
How health volunteers are helping to prevent child malnutrition in Timor-Leste
Jacson was three years old when his mother Augusta discovered his growth was stunted and he was not getting the proper nutrition he needed. As a community health volunteer who had undergone…
A thousand days of healthcare helping to set up children for life
Becoming a new mother can be accompanied by many exciting and important new tasks, from holding and feeding the new baby to making sure she is safe and clean, and getting her medical attention if…