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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea. Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening in Lae ...

the World Health Organization (WHO) said. In subsequent testing, two children in Lae were found to have the poliovirus type 2 strain, according to the WHO representative in Papua New Guinea ...

Health Minister Elias Kapavore confirmed the emergence of the disease, stating that the PNG government is closely monitoring the ongoing situation. “The World Health Organisation has advised us ...

Papua New Guinea was certified as polio-free in 2000, but immunisation rates among children are low — less than 50 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation. The virus was detected in ...

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign. Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy ...

"Impact on the market should be negligible." Guinea holds the world's largest bauxite reserves, the main ore used to produce aluminium and is a significant source of gold and iron ore. The ...

Rebels have fought a low-level campaign for independence in the resource-rich Papua region bordering Papua New Guinea ever since the area was controversially brought under Indonesian control ...

Guinea is home to the world's largest reserves of bauxite, the main ore used to produce aluminium, and its exports are crucial to global production of the industrial metal, particularly in China and ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s security forces have clashed with separatist rebels in the restive Papua region, leaving at least 18 insurgents and two police officers dead, officials ...