Surgical training programmes in the South Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste

There is a surgical workforce shortage in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Pacific and Timor Leste. Previously, Pacific Island specialists who trained overseas tended to migrate.

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