PNG Vision 2050

The report provides an up-to-date status of all the colonial or adopted laws the country introduced before Independence in 1975. The report is important for two reasons. It provides historical context within which the pre-independence laws were adopted and justify why these laws needed to be reformed. The report also guides the Commission and the Government to reform colonial laws identified in this report in a coordinated manner.

Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS, Elias Kapavore, said the recent launch of the Health Workforce Standards and Monitoring System is a milestone achievement for Health in PNG.

“As we all know, the National Health Service Standards is a blueprint for providing safe and quality health services in achieving primary health care for all and improved service delivery for the rural majority and urban disadvantaged, as per the current National Health Care plan 2011-2020.

Speaking to LOOP News he said research was a very important part of developments because it built and added  new ideas and findings to the knowledge of the nation.

“Research is very important towards the implementation of PNG Vision 2050,’’ he said.

Twelve presenters gave their presentations however, only two were awarded the best symposium presentation award,  Ishmael Palipal and Ms Joan Bailey who hails from Madang, and is a Communication Arts Journalism student.