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Papua New Guinea
EXAMPLES OF OUR IMPACT
- USAID improves programs in prevention, care, support, and treatment of most-at-risk populations and people living with HIV/AIDS.
- USAID supports the Coral Triangle Initiative, which works to protect the world’s most diverse marine environment.
- To combat deforestation, USAID promotes improved forest management, governance, and legal timber trade.
USAID/ASIA SITE
http://www.usaid.gov/ rdma/countries/png.html
CONTACTS
Warren Harrity
Program Development Office
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia
GPF Towers, Tower A
93/1 Wireless Road
Bangkok, 10330 Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 263-7484
Fax: (66-2) 263-7499
Email: wharrity@usaid.gov
Cheryl Jennings
PNG Desk Officer
Washington, DC
Tel: (202) 712-4705
Email: cjennings@usaid.gov
 A home-based health care worker tends to a man suffering from AIDS. USAID is linking key donors who are working to prevent HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea.(Photo: Family Health International)
Overview
The Independent State of Papua New Guinea, an island nation located north of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is a diverse country in terms of both geography and people. The population of 6 million lives primarily in traditional groups practicing subsistence agriculture. USAID programs in the country focus on health and the environment. Over the last 20 years, Papua New Guinea has developed an epidemic of HIV, accounting for 70 percent of the cases in the Pacific region. USAID supports the Government of Papua New Guinea in reducing HIV prevalence in at-risk groups and preventing the further spread of HIV in the general population. USAID also assists the country to conserve its natural resources through regional programs in sustainable forestry and coastal-marine practices.
Programs
Investing in People: HIV/AIDS
USAID’s health efforts in Papua New Guinea are focused on improving the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of programs in prevention, care, support, and treatment of most-at-risk populations and people living with HIV/AIDS. USAID works closely with the Government of Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Embassy, and other donors to ensure that available resources to combat HIV/AIDS are strategically coordinated to maximize impact. USAID develops models that can be scaled up by other donors and that contribute to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS for those most at risk. In specific regions of the country, USAID is also supporting the implementation of a model that emphasizes continuity of care from prevention to treatment.
Economic Growth: Sustainable Forestry
USAID’s Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade program works in Papua New Guinea to promote improved forest management, governance, and legal timber trade as part of a broader regional initiative. As a result of the program, 16,000 hectares of forest in Papua New Guinea are under improved management.
Economic Growth: Coral Triangle Initiative
The Coral Triangle in Southeast Asia is the most diverse marine environment in the world, with an estimated half of the world’s coral reefs. USAID is among the U.S. agencies supporting the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), a consortium promoting sustainable fisheries and coastal resource management programs in countries surrounding the Coral Triangle, including Papua New Guinea and six other countries.
In May 2009, leaders of the six Coral Triangle countries endorsed the CTI Regional Plan of Action. Through the CTI, USAID provides assistance to Papua New Guinea and other member countries for the implementation of the Plan of Action, which includes providing access to U.S. science and research capabilities and sharing best practices among the six countries.
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