Nathaniel Kasi, Author at Australia Awards in PNG

Midwife reaches out to communities

7 Jun, 2023 | In-PNG, Midwifery Scholarship

Penny Kipalya’s desire to become a midwife awakened in the labour ward at Enga Catholic Health Service where she was working as a General Nurse. “I see mothers coming to the hospital to give birth with complications that may have been prevented with earlier and better...

Nurses saving lives

6 Jun, 2023 | In-PNG

It was only two months into her job as a nurse when Mecklyn Elakane saved an emergency patient who almost died. “The guardians and relatives of the patient surrounded him and were crying, but I managed to save him,” she says. Mecklyn, from Kompiam District in Enga...

Passion of a male midwife

5 Jun, 2023 | In-PNG, Midwifery Scholarship

Even though midwifery is a female-dominated profession, Clinton Danny Saupere decided to become a midwife after seeing his sister-in-law’s untimely death following childbirth. Clinton is an awardee of the Australia Awards PNG Scholarship and a native of Hauna Village...

More midwives could reduce maternal mortality

31 May, 2023 | In-PNG, Midwifery Scholarship

Lois Namia, a midwife and Australia Awards alumna thinks the best approach to reducing the maternal mortality rate in Papua New Guinea is to train more midwives and conduct more health education on sexual reproductive health and family planning. She says, “Midwives...

Midwife’s grief to glory

24 May, 2023 | In-PNG

Dalyn Maira is a remarkable midwife who has risen to the top of her profession despite facing great personal tragedy. Born and raised in Lamou Village, a small community in Central New Ireland, Dalyn was always interested in healthcare. She worked at Kavieng General...