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ADB To Help Papua New Guinea In AIDS Fight
In an attempt to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, that has been haunting Papua New Guinea, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to contribute $34 million//. PNG has the highest incidence rates of the disease in the Pacific. ....The health minister, Dr Puka Temu who is working in close association with the PNG’s Prime Minister has welcomed the initiative. He further stated that the utmost pr...
Papua New Guinea MP To Face Trial For Spreading HIV
A member of the parliament belonging to the Papua New Guinea parliament is to face the trial for knowingly infecting others with HIV virus//. He will be the first person in the country to face the court for spreading the deadly virus. ....The unnamed MP could be jailed under a 2003 law that made it an offence to knowingly pass on the HIV virus, The Nation newspaper in Papua New Guinea reported....