Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Indeed I can, and I am happy for the opportunity. However, to complete the answer on TB help: since May 2012, the sea ambulance we provided the province has made 27 trips along the South Fly coast to deliver TB and other medical services to remote villages. That is all in the context of the great work we are doing in partnership with PNG to improve health services. In 2012 alone we helped to vaccinate more than half a million children against measles and polio and more than 1.2 million women against tetanus. We trained 187 health workers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists, in PNG and supported 20,000 supervised births. Our assistance this year will reach $105 million. That is our assistance to the health sector of PNG. There will be medical supplies to 2,700 health facilities across the country among other things. (Time expired)