Health News
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NSW to 'negotiate' for federal hospital funds
The New South Wales Government says it would have no objection to publishing information on the performance of its public hospitals in return for an increase in federal funding.
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800 doctors 'have returned to Iraq'
A senior official in Iraq's health ministry says 800 doctors have returned to the country this year because of the improved security situation.
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Young warned of body piercing risks
The risk of infections and other problems from body piercing are being taught in a program directed at young people in Adelaide.
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Typhoid outbreak hits Philippines
The military in the Philippines says medical teams have been mobilised to help fight an outbreak of typhoid fever that has left more than 100 people in hospital.
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PNG News
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Calls for Kokoda track code of conduct
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's special envoy on the Kokoda track is calling on tour operators to introduce a code of conduct to preserve the historic World War II path and lessen the impact on locals living alongside it.
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Kokoda redevelopment a boost to PNG: PM-envoy
The Prime Minister's special envoy to Papua New Guinea says the terrain surrounding the Kokoda Track could provide a healthy income for PNG if global forest carbon trading is introduced.
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Govt reopens Kokoda health clinic
The Federal Government has reopened a health clinic on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, as part of Australia's aid commitment to the country.
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PNG budget reflects global financial crisis
Resource rich Papua New Guinea has shown it is not immune to the global financial crisis after its Treasurer handed down the country's 2009 budget today.
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