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MAF provides medevec for a pregnant mother from a remote village in Marawaka
On the 15th of December 2020, a community health worker from Sindani in Wewak reported to CRMF of a 29-year-old pregnant mother who needed immediate assistance because her baby was positioned horizontally transverse in her womb. CRMF radio operator relayed the massage to MAF to arrange a medivac flight for the pregnant mother from Sindani to Goroka …
Communication That Save Lives
For years Dr. Barry had noticed the need for reliable and convenient communication, and had the initiative to provide an Alarm Centre but did not have enough funds to do so. Without a reliable communication system, it was quite difficult to meet the needs and demands of the remote health centres and mothers who needed 24/7 help and assistance…
Informed of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF)
National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA) representatives at Goroka – Noki and Wilson, recently visited CRMF and did a live broadcast through the CRMF HF radio to address and provide awareness for remote communities within Papua New Guinea about the deadly disease known as…
An eye-opening experience
This trip was definitely an eye opener for Sander, “It’s so opposite from Netherlands! I did not think it was that bad. I did not expect to witness all of that. In Netherlands almost everything is available and accessible through a phone call or transport. But in the remote communities of Western Province you have to look for means and ways to travel out of a remote area…
