The directorate responsible for treating people — keeping clinical care running safely and consistently at every level of the New Ireland health network.
Curative Health Services manages the treatment side of the Authority. Its teams look after the wards, consulting rooms and treatment areas where patients are actually seen, and they set the standards those services are held to.
Your nearest aid post, health centre or urban clinic is the front door. Staff there manage common illness and injury and decide when you need more.
When a case is beyond a local facility, clinicians move you up the network — to a district hospital, to Kavieng Provincial Hospital, or on to a specialist centre outside the province.
Clinical standards, supervision and quality-improvement work apply across every facility, so treatment does not depend on which door you walked through.
The directorate is based at the Kavieng Provincial Hospital facility on Nusa Parade, on the Kavieng waterfront. For a medical emergency, go straight to the hospital's Emergency Department rather than waiting for an appointment.
Written enquiries can be posted to P.O. Box 68, Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, or emailed to [email protected]. General questions about any of our services can also go through the contact page.
A direct telephone line for this directorate will be published here once confirmed by the Authority.
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.
Get in touch with the Authority and your enquiry will be passed to the right team.
