PNG Jessie

Papua New Guinea is a rural country in Oceania with a diverse culture and ethnic groups. It has many languages and its main official languages are Tok Pisin, Kiri Motu, and English. Most of the population lives in rural areas, and the geography is mainly mountains and rainforests. The hot and humid climate allows mosquitoes to thrive, leading to a high number of malaria cases, despite efforts to distribute mosquito nets. Papua New Guinea is a rural country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, north of Australia. It is a very culturally diverse country with its main ethnic groups being Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, and Polynesian. Migrant people are from Philippines, China, Australia, and Indonesia. There are known 851 languages. The main official languages are Tok Pisin, Kiri Motu, and English, in addition to all of the indigenous dialects. Only 13.25% of its people live in the urban centers. The rest of the 9 million population live in rural lands, mostly in indigenous communities. Geography is mainly mountains and rainforests. The hot and humid climate enables the thriving of mosquitoes, enabling the spread of malaria. PNG had the highest number of malaria cases of any country in the Asia-Pacific, despite distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets in 2004.