Mt Hagen, the capital of Papua New Guinea s Western Highlands province
Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades
The provincial health authority s acting CEO Jane Holden said her team were out at the markets sharing information about the delta variant and its Covid-19 response.
She said some people were angry at their messages, shouting where s the pandemic? and claiming that Covid-19 was a conspiracy. Luckily there were some police around and they escorted our team away from the people yelling and throwing rocks and things, so yeah it s very difficult to get that message across when it has evolved for a while, Holden explained.
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CALOUNDRA, QUEENSLAND - 9 June
2021: The arrival of two 40-foot
shipping containers loaded with desperately needed personal protection
equipment means hospital staff in the remote Western Highlands region of Papua
New Guinea at last have face masks, hand
CALOUNDRA, QUEENSLAND - 9 June
2020: The arrival of two 40-foot
shipping containers loaded with desperately needed personal protection
equipment means hospital staff in the remote Western Highlands region of Papua
New Guinea at last have face masks, hand
Papua New Guinea – ICRC Activities 2020
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Missing persons: The Right to know
Many people go missing during conflict or war causing anguish and uncertainty for their families and friends. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, families of those who went missing during the Bougainville Crisis (1988 to 1998) have the right under international humanitarian law to know what happened to their missing relatives.
In 2020, the ICRC:
interviewed dozens of families in Siwai and Topinang communities in Bougainville to raise awareness on those missing and to better understand the needs and interests of their families
supported families in organizing traditional ceremonies to remember loved ones and in the construction of memorial monuments to commemorate missing relatives in Central and South Bougainville