Oct 25, 2018 | News & Stories
Today, the Morobe Provincial Government presented a cheque for K500,000 to YWAM Medical Ships, fulfilling a pledge toward operational funding for the YWAM training and medical ship, MV YWAM PNG. The cheque was presented by the Morobe Province Governor, Honourable...
Oct 23, 2018 | News & Stories
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne honoured two of Townsville’s own last week at a very special and significant investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Mr Ken Mulligan, Managing Director of YWAM Medical Ships, and Dr Daryl Holmes, Managing Director of 1300SMILES,...
Oct 10, 2018 | News & Stories
“The antenatal checks gave me the opportunity to spend one on one time with the mother, doing education and really getting to know them — I enjoyed that and I’m really thankful I got to do it.” Amber, Maternity Nurse, USA American maternity nurse...
Oct 4, 2018 | News & Stories
Wailagi Sub Health Centre sits on the mountainous shores of Goodenough Island in Milne Bay. The bustling centre serves the village of Wailagi and its surrounding areas, but its location offers a unique set of challenges, particularly for laboratory services. During...
Oct 3, 2018 | News & Stories
This December will see the first ever Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) course in Papua New Guinea. This project has been championed by local PNG paediatrician and recent APLS instructor Dr Kone Sobe and Dr Zafar Smith (pictured above), an emergency physician...
Oct 2, 2018 | News & Stories
Excitement ran high as the surgeons aboard the YWAM Medical Ship prepped Ella Waibala for her cataract surgery. Not only would the procedure offer Ella improved vision, it would also mark a significant event for the YWAM Medical Ships ophthalmology clinic: its 1,000th...
Oct 2, 2018 | News & Stories
“We will see a generational change. It’s not going to happen in a day, but in 20-30 years time, I think we’ll run ourselves out of a job — which is what we’re here for. From a dental perspective, we’re seeing a real change.” — Dr Daniel Sundaresan,...
Sep 26, 2018 | News & Stories
At 57 years old, Margaret Jeffrey is stunning with her full face tattoo and wide smile. She has a large family and loves spending time with them, but for the last seven years, her failing vision has restricted her ability to work alongside them. Her visual...
Sep 26, 2018 | News & Stories
For Jemimah Taganny, Georgina Matengim, and Margaret Maku, April is going to be a big month, as they’ll be graduating from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) as medical doctors. But before that can happen, they needed to complete one last placement in rural...
Sep 21, 2018 | News & Stories
“It wasn’t until we went to a village with a whooping cough outbreak that I realised our impact. If we went to a village and there’s no whooping cough — that’s the difference we’re making with immunisations.” — Ally Falk, 24 From her first solo flight to...
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