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Readers should be aware that while sharing our stories about Pacific health and medical issues, insights into medical training, and things related to PIC disease burden, from time to time, the stories found in this blog may contain images, references to, or voices of deceased persons.
PNG Highland hospital growing despite challenges
Kompiam Heath Service David Gilchrist finds out how the Covid-19 pandemic, tribal violence, and the demands of doctor and nursing education impact on the continued development of Kompiam District Hospital in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands. Yet, the remote PNG hospital...
Rural Doctors ideally suited to Rocketship Pacific work in primary health care
RDAA CEO Peta Rutherford Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) CEO Peta Rutherford says Australia’s rural doctors are suited to Rocketship Pacific helping provide primary health care education and training in the Pacific in remote, family, emergency and other...
A Rocketship Profile: Dr James Telfer’s journey to health
“It is not entirely altruistic, that I just want to go out and help and be selfless about it. I do get something out of this. That is, I get to go on an adventure. I get to see part of the world I haven’t seen before. I guess the rewarding part is that I get to help...
Dr David Mills: Life in PNG highlands
Dr David Mills working in Kompiam District - facing a mountain of morbidityJust 5 degrees south of the equator rise the high mountains of the Kompiam District, Papua New Guinea. Here the summers linger and the winters don’t intrude too much. This is where Dr David...
Family medicine education key to healthcare in Tonga
Former Superintendent Vaiola Hospital, Nuku'alofa, Dr Lisiate Ulufonua believes that developing robust family health services is key to the Kingdom of Tonga reaching the quality standard of national health indicators that are typically associated with developed...
Dr Allison Hempenstall plans to test Rocketship health education efficiency
Dr Allison Hempenstall considering Rocketship approachEducator and medical doctor, Dr Allison Hempenstall is planning to examine the effectiveness of Rocketship’s online health education training model. Her study will look at the perceived quality and efficacy of...
Healthcare and a forgotten iced-tea
Morgan Lemin sat at a table by an open window in a nice café. The café, in the inner-city Brisbane suburb of Newfarm, lays in the purview of prestige car dealers, bohemian artisan galleries, gentrified warehouses turned apartments and more trendy cafes. Through the...
Rocketship an important step towards universal healthcare
Dr Stevenson KuarteiPalau’s Dr Stevenson Kuartei is working with Rocketship to help guide the development of post-graduate medical training in the Solomon Islands. He says Rocketship training represents an important step towards universal health care, but across the...
Graduating class celebrates triumph over adversity
Covid-19 pandemic and recent flash flooding have not stopped Australian and Timorese NGO Maluk Timor graduating 24 candidates in the Family Medicine Programme. The post-graduate students are the fourth and largest cohort to complete training designed through...
Love, humour, and kindness key to successful career
Meet Jill Benson and you’ll meet a mental-health practitioner, doctor and teacher. And she brings to that work love, humour, and kindness. It shows in her smile. Her smile suggests that, for Dr Jill Benson AM, medicine is about more than just science. Her smile is a...
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