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4 April 2019

Catastrophic failures in PNG health service delivery

by Martha Macintyre

Danumurthi Mahendra/Flickr/CC BY 2.0

13 March 2019

Smoking on the rise in Indonesia, and other recent WHO NCD findings

by Ian Anderson

Credit: bertknot/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

15 February 2019

Fortnightly links: Australian development honours, climate change and wilderness, UK aid quality, and more

by Terence Wood and Sachini Muller

In an attempt to help combat malnutrition, the WHO has a 'Pocket guide for a healthy diet'

11 February 2019

Malnutrition: a pervasive problem, but one that can be fixed

by Kavitha Suthanthiraraj

The eruption of a volcano on Ambae, Vanuatu in 2018 covered most of the island in a thick layer of ash (Credit: IFRC Asia Pacific/Twitter)

1 February 2019

Fortnightly links: Ebola and elections in the DRC, OpenSC, Ambaeans return home, and more

by Sachini Muller and Terence Wood

Credit: Sam Martin

31 January 2019

Labour mobility and medical mobility: lessons from Vanuatu

by Rochelle Bailey and Michael Sorensen

There is mounting evidence that micro-credit plays a valuable role in improving the lives of people in need (Credit: PWRDF/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

18 January 2019

Fortnightly links: micro-credit, revenge post-ISIS, an aging population, and more

by Terence Wood and Sachini Muller

(Credit: Albert Domingo/Facebook)

15 January 2019

Preventing implementation from being overwhelmed by planning: Solomon Islands health

by A group of Solomon Islands health staff

(Credit: CARMMA)

11 January 2019

The causes and effects of unspent health funding in Solomon Islands

by A group of Solomon Islands health staff

12 December 2018

DP74 Palliative care in Solomon Islands

by Jo Spratt and Gabriel Spencer

X-ray of a case of leprosy (National Museum of Health and Medicine/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

7 December 2018

Leprosy was thought to be eliminated in Papua New Guinea – but it’s back

by Doug Hendrie

Credit: Nick Lowndes

7 December 2018

Fortnightly links: Development Bulletin No. 80, language barriers in crises, Islamophobia and support for ISIS, and more

by Sachini Muller and Terence Wood

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