A yawning gap in fighting COVID in PNG: where are the churches?

I agree with Ben Packham that we are just not winning the battle both in PNG and the wider South Pacific. The strategies that have been employed so far – by Australia and our friends – are simply not delivering adequately.

We need to toughen up when it comes to getting the EU to respond positively to a very reasonable request regarding vaccines for Papua New Guinea.

But we also need to focus on the "community" of Papua New Guinea – nine million men, women and children. The long term consequences of the Covid pandemic, and a failed health system overall, have to be addressed.

No sector of the community is better equipped or committed to do that than is the Christian churches! Canberra needs to lead the way in getting them more meaningfully involved!