Papua New Guinea

Located in Melanesia, Papua New Guinea became a signatory of the APLMA roadmap in 2018. Papua New Guinea is the host of the 8th Asia Pacific Leaders’ Summit on Malaria Elimination, in partnership with APLMA.

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By 2025, the country aims to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality by 63 and 90 percent respectively, with a further goal of elimination in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and prevention of transmission reestablishment in that same year.

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Papua New Guinea’s uniquely decentralized population makes population data collection difficult, with population centers mainly in the rural highlands and coastal regions to the east of the mainland. Less than a fifth of the population resides in urban areas.

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Currently among the countries making up 99% of the Asia Pacific’s malaria burden, Papua New Guinea aims to eliminate malaria by 2030.