Speaking at the TB expo in Port Moresby today, he stressed that it was everyone’s responsibility to equip themselves with knowledge on this, and to do awareness.
The main message to spread is that TB is curable by medicine offered by a medical doctor and not by a witch doctor.
Sir Puka said the main challenge was the misunderstanding that sorcery causes TB.
He said the government is determined to kick TB out of the country and NCD, which holds almost 25 percent of TB cases in PNG.