scholarly journals Large variability in plasma efavirenz concentration in Papua New Guinea HIV/AIDS patients associated with high frequency of CYP2B6 516T allele

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Bordin Andriguetti ◽  
Helena Katherina Van Schalkwyk ◽  
Daniel Thomas Barratt ◽  
Joseph Tucci ◽  
Paul Pumuye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals ‘Where’ Questions and Their Responses in Duna (Papua New Guinea)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lila San Roque
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Direct Reference ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
Frequency Function ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Question Formation

AbstractDespite their central role in question formation, content interrogatives in spontaneous conversation remain relatively under-explored cross-linguistically. This paper outlines the structure of ‘where’ expressions in Duna, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea, and examines where-questions in a small Duna data set in terms of their frequency, function, and the responses they elicit. Questions that ask ‘where?’ have been identified as a useful tool in studying the language of space and place, and, in the Duna case and elsewhere, show high frequency and functional flexibility. Although where-questions formulate place as an information gap, they are not always answered through direct reference to canonical places. While some question types may be especially “socially costly” (Levinson 2012), asking ‘where’ perhaps provides a relatively innocuous way of bringing a particular event or situation into focus.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs on HIV/AIDS Among Tertiary Students in Papua New Guinea

2011 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Orathinkal Jose ◽  
Keri Totona ◽  
Alphonse Begani ◽  
Tuka Andew ◽  
Bob Tombe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Behaviours That Put Female Youth at Risk of Human  Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted  Infections in Gerehu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Anna Sirimai Naemon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Female Youth ◽  
Increase Risk ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
Hiv Aids

<p>The HIV and AIDS epidemic in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is growing at an alarming rate according to recent statistics and is increasingly affecting the young people. The majority of all known HIV cases are in young people below the age of 35 years. A crucial task remains for PNG to provide protection and safety for young people (who comprise more than 50% of the country's 5.2 million people) from the risk of sexual infections, harm and death. Whilst risk of infections are inevitably real and alive in local communities and seriously challenging youth, unfortunately, this group, poorly educated, unemployed, unheard and unsupported by service providers, disempowered and financially and socially vulnerable stand the highest risk of been affected by HIV/AIDS and STIs. The main aim of this study was to examine sexual behaviours and practices of female youth including their exposure to sexual violence and the protection strategies used. Amongst other things, this study also assessed how much female youth know and understand about HIV/AIDS and STIs including access to HIV and sexual health services. A standard questionnaire was completed through faceto-face interviews with 63 out-of-school and unemployed1 female youth (age 15-24) in the suburb of Gerehu in Port Moresby, PNG. The research identified some unsafe behaviours and vulnerable factors that are contributing to increase risk of HIV and STI for female youth in Gerehu. Female Youth women are inadequately educated about sex, sexual relationships, causes and nature of sexual infections, they own risks and sexual behavioural practices, condom negotiation skills, sexual coercion, stigma related risk, access to sexual treatment and services and how competing gender and socio-cultural factors create, perpetuate and increase risk of infection for them. Unless female youth adequately know these factors they are not able to avoid risk and protect themselves from HIV and STIs.</p>

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