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Directorate

Executive Services

Where direction is set — leadership, governance, planning and the partnerships that keep health services in New Ireland moving forward together.

Role & responsibilities

Executive Services leads the Authority and holds it to account. The directorate sets priorities, works with the provincial health board, and makes sure the whole system pulls in one direction.

  • Leadership of the Authority and its directorates, with executive management of day-to-day decisions.
  • Governance — supporting the provincial health board and maintaining accountability and transparency.
  • Planning — setting provincial health priorities and turning them into workable plans and budgets.
  • Partnerships with government, church health services, research institutes and development partners.
  • Keeping the Authority's direction aligned with the National Health Plan and its theme, “Leaving No One Behind.”
In plain language

What this means for you

Decisions about priorities

Which services grow, where facilities are strengthened and how funds are directed are settled here, with the provincial health board.

Accountability you can point to

Governance arrangements mean there are named people responsible for how the Authority performs.

Partnerships that add capacity

Working with partners brings skills, funding and programs into New Ireland that the province could not deliver alone.

Where to find us

The executive is based at the Kavieng Provincial Hospital facility on Nusa Parade, on the Kavieng waterfront. Enquiries about governance, planning or partnership proposals are welcome.

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.

Related work

Related programs

Women's health

Lukautim Meri Klinik

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.

Disease control

Malaria elimination

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.

All programs & partners

Questions for this directorate?

Get in touch with the Authority and your enquiry will be passed to the right team.

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