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Papua New GuineaView Papua New Guinea in a larger map Callan Services for Disabled Persons KundiawaThis project is a community-based rehabilitation project located in Mingende, Kerowagi District of Kundiawa, Simbu Province, PNG. Mingende is three hours by car from Mt. Hagen, which is an hour flight from Port Moresby, the country's capital. This project is in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa which has taken the initiative to start services for people with disabilities in three districts of the province. Services include home-based therapy, ear and eye clinic, provision of mobility appliances and facilitate inclusive education. There is strong emphasis on community awareness and change of negative attitude towards disabled people. The aim is to include services for disabled people within the existing health, education and community services in all six districts of the province. Eye Care Programme in the Eastern HighlandsThe Eye Care Programme in Papua New Guinea is known as the Goroka Eye Unit. It is based at the provincial hospital in Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands Province. The project is in partnership with the Christian Brothers and has begun with the secondment of cbm ophthalmologist Dr. Van Lansingh in 1995. It was inaugurated in August 31, 1998, and officially named Edmund Rice Eye and Ear Clinic, in honour of the Christian Brothers' founder. The unit provides vital eye services to the region, conducts outreach surgical missions to remote and under-served areas in the country, trains nurses and other auxiliary staff in basic eye care and identification of cataract. The University of Papua New Guinea has granted official training status to the Eye Unit, enabling it to train national doctors and nurses. |
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