Dr Sibauk Bieb

Dr Sibauk Bieb is being replaced by Dr Daoni Esorom who will be acting on the position for the next two to three months. Upon his appointment, he was the manager of Health Promotion and Education Branch.

At a handover-take-over ceremony on August 8^th, Health Secretary Pascoe Kase thanked Dr Bieb for honourably accepting the decision to have him replaced without any hesitation.

Dr Bieb delivered a moving speech in which he acknowledged the decision of Kase as head of the department, saying the position belongs to the people of PNG and not his own.

This was stressed earlier yesterday by Dr Sibauk Bieb, Public Health Manager from the National Department of Health.

He said in the fight to eradicate HIV/AIDS, prevention still remains the best option and referred the public back to the most basic method – using condom.

In its efforts to prevent the increase of HIV infections, the Health Ministry has made a stand to promote condoms throughout the country.

While globally, infections among adults have stalled, Dr Sibauk Bieb, Public Health Manager from the National Department of Health, highlights that some regions, including PNG, have seen a rise in the number of new infections.

Speaking on behalf of the Health Minister, Dr Bieb said there was a rise in new infections last year compared to previous years.

He noted an increase of .8 percent on HIV prevalence, which is an increase from .65 percent in the previous year.