HIV antibody seroprevalence in the emergency department at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of HIV antibody in patients presenting to the ED at Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea.

Method: Three hundred patients in whom blood samples were taken for investigation of illness or injury between April and July 2003 were surveyed for HIV antibodies. Sex, age and presenting illness were recorded.

The first year of a formal emergency medicine training programme in Papua New Guinea.

Objective: To describe a programme catalyzing the development of emergency medicine in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Methods: Five emergency physicians rotated through a new position of Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine in the University of PNG during 2003. The position was established as a consequence of emergency physician input supported by AusAID in 2002.