New Ireland Province
From Kavieng Provincial Hospital to the aid posts along our islands, we work to leave no one behind — quality care that is affordable and within reach of every community.
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Since the merger of Kavieng General Hospital and the Provincial Health Authority under the One Health System, our work is delivered through four directorates that keep clinical care and public health moving together.
Day-to-day clinical care at the provincial and district hospitals, urban clinics, health centres and aid posts — with clinical governance, patient safety and referral of complex cases.
Read moreImmunisation, maternal and child health, malaria and disease-control programs, health promotion and community outreach reaching families across the islands.
Read moreThe engine room — human resources, finance, procurement, assets and logistics that keep staff paid, supplies stocked and facilities running.
Read moreLeadership, governance, planning and partnerships — setting direction in line with the National Health Plan and holding the whole system to account.
Read moreNew Ireland stretches more than 300 kilometres from the Kavieng tip in the north-west to the far south. A tiered network carries care down that whole spine, so distance never decides who gets help.
The referral hub on the waterfront at Kavieng — emergency, surgery, maternity, laboratory and pharmacy, and the place complex cases are sent for specialist care.
Kavieng and Namatanai districts each anchor services further from the capital, so people in the south don't have to travel the whole island for treatment.
Local centres handle everyday illness, antenatal visits, immunisation and screening — the front door to the health system for most families.
The last mile. Aid posts and outreach patrols bring basic care, vaccines and health advice right into remote coastal and island communities.
Kavieng Provincial Hospital and the district facilities, health centres, urban clinic and aid posts currently recorded in our facility register.
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Locations are indicative, for finding your way to the general area. The full facility directory and exact locations are still being confirmed by the Authority.
With partners in Papua New Guinea and abroad, NIPHA runs targeted programs to tackle the biggest threats to our people's health.
Our cervical cancer elimination clinic in Kavieng offers point-of-care HPV screening with same-day treatment, run in partnership with Catholic Health Services and supported by the Kirby Institute. Local clinical teams have been trained so screening keeps reaching women across the province.
A five-year plan built with New Ireland's community-based malaria volunteers and the PNG Institute of Medical Research aims to drive down malaria across the province — combining prevention, testing, treatment and strong community involvement.
In 2016–17 the former Kavieng General Hospital and the Provincial Health Authority merged into a single unified system. Curative and public health services now plan and work together under one authority — the foundation everything else is built on.
NIPHA is overseen by a provincial health board and led by an executive management team, working in line with the National Health Plan.
Chairs the New Ireland Provincial Health Board, setting the governance direction and strategic priorities of the Authority. She is at present the only woman chairing a Provincial Health Authority board anywhere in Papua New Guinea.
Heads the executive management of the Authority, with overall responsibility for clinical and public health services, partnerships, and the day-to-day running of the provincial health system.
We are located at the Kavieng Provincial Hospital facility on the Kavieng waterfront.
Telephone and clinic-hours details can be added here once confirmed by the Authority.
For medical emergencies, go directly to the Emergency Department at Kavieng Provincial Hospital, open at all hours.
Nusa Parade, Waterfront, Kavieng
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