Health in Papua New Guinea 1,136 indicators covering health for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Diarrhea treatment 30.0% 2018 — 70th Generalist medical practitioners 483 2024 down 2.2% 92nd New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 2,046 2012 down 53.6% 53rd Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV needing 7,700 2025 up 45.3% 17th 3.3.1 (HIV Incidence) - New HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected 0.6793 2022 up 330.6% 20th Average death rate due to natural disasters 6.55 2021 up 51,056.4% 36th Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 1 2022 unchanged 110th Total number of notified TB cases 28,567 2014 up 124.2% 32nd Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV 30 2025 up 233.3% 79th Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 36.2 2024 down 7.7% 8th New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 7,149 2012 up 178.9% 4th Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 69.0% 2011 up 3.0% 145th Medical doctors 43.5% 2024 up 40.3% 62nd Number of presumed malaria cases 63,068 2024 down 77.0% 20th Number of indigenous malaria cases 910,747 2024 up 162.9% 28th Number of confirmed malaria cases 910,747 2024 up 162.9% 28th Total number of malaria cases 973,815 2024 up 56.9% 29th Number of indigenous P. falciparum malaria cases 314,222 2024 up 165.3% 31st Number of suspected malaria cases 1.88 million 2024 up 89.0% 33rd Retreatment cases: other 1,568 2012 up 71.9% 21st Number of malaria positive cases by microscopy 21,131 2024 down 67.3% 44th Number of malaria suspects examined by microscopy 55,355 2024 down 51.0% 66th Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 3,000 2015 up 20.0% 100th Natural disasters deaths 24 2015 — 4th Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 2.79 million 2025 down 80.4% 48th Preterm birth rate 9.05 2020 down 0.6% 24th Preterm birth 22,926 2020 up 9.4% 47th Antenatal care attendees who were positive for syphilis (%), reported 3.8% 2024 down 25.5% 13th Number of reported deaths from cholera 2 2011 — 36th Domestic Expenditure on Malaria 87,563 2024 down 95.8% 71st Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 0 2014 down 100.0% 141st Number of malaria positive cases by rapid diagnostic test 889,616 2024 up 215.8% 26th Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 1.5 2014 up 50.0% 57th Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 2 Coverage 13 2022 down 13.3% 54th Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 1 Coverage 13 2022 down 86.9% 55th Number of malaria suspects examined by rapid diagnostic test 1.76 million 2024 up 189.6% 30th تغطية بجرعتين من فيتامين أ 13 2022 down 13.3% 51st Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 953 2022 down 54.5% 51st Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma 0 2025 — 22nd Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 100 2019 up 150.0% 1st Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 84.3% 2024 up 3.7% 58th Prevalence of syphilis 4.9% 2022 down 26.6% 6th Population in areas that warrant treatment with antibiotics, facial 0 2025 down 100.0% 23rd Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 643 2009 up 73.8% 10th Number of people operated for trachomatous trichiasis 0 2025 — 41st Number of malaria cases treated with any first line tx courses 910,747 2024 up 169.9% 28th Number of indigenous P. vivax malaria cases 206,016 2024 up 231.1% 4th Number of malaria cases treated with artemisinin-based combination 910,559 2024 up 169.8% 27th Tsunami deaths 3 2017 down 25.0% 8th HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 31.0% 2014 down 69.0% 87th Dental Assistants and Therapists 114 2024 down 24.5% 31st Community Health Workers 6,690 2021 up 72.3% 23rd Commitments to recipient countries 89.82 2010 down 44.5% 41st Disbursements to recipient countries 83.8 2010 up 89.9% 39th Imports in 1000s hectolitres 60 2007 up 62.2% 65th Exports of beer (barley) in 1000s hectolitres 27 2009 — 51st ← Previous Page 19 of 19