Emergency and first contact healthcare workers who care for patients with acute illness or injury from East New Britain (ENB) in Papua New Guinea have participated in 2 weeks of Basic Emergency Care course training delivered at St Mary's Vunapope District Hospital and hosted by the ENB Provincial Health Authority in November.   Over 30 health care workers, including nurses, Health Extension Officers (HEOs), community health workers and doctors, were involved as participants and trainers...

The RECSI Critical Care Team was proud to contribute to the Pacific Society of Anaesthetists (PSA) Annual Refresher Course, co-delivering the ICU-focused day in Nadi, Fiji on the 20th of August. The event provided an excellent opportunity to engage clinicians from across the Pacific, discuss shared critical care challenges, and strengthen collaboration between PSA and RECSI partners. Sessions led by the RECSI team in collaboration with local facilitators, focused on practical approaches to...

Members of Papua New Guinea’s critical care nursing workforce have strengthened their skills in managing critically ill patients through Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC) for Nurses training held from 6th to the 10th of October at Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH).  Only the third BASIC for Nurses course delivered in PNG, the program was facilitated by local faculty from Papua New Guinea with instructors from Port Moresby, Lae, and Alotau. The training commenced with a...

RECSI regularly shares updates on our program activities and outcomes. Our first mid-year report, covering January to June 2025, is now available online. Publishing our reports on the website supports our commitment to transparency and accountability, giving stakeholders clear access to progress updates and insights that strengthen monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Download a copy of the report here:

The ICU at Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares (HNGV) has taken another important step toward strengthening critical care in Timor-Leste. Between 18 and 30 August 2025, more than 50 nurses and doctors participated in a two-week ICU refresher training activity designed to enhance knowledge, confidence and teamwork across the multi-disciplinary team. The activity  was developed at the request of HNGV’s ICU leadership, who identified a need to refresh and consolidate core knowledge in anatomy,...

Papua New Guinea has marked a new chapter in national Basic Emergency Care (BEC) training, with the successful delivery of the region’s first BEC provider and training-of-trainers (ToT) courses taught entirely by nurses, to nurses. The courses were hosted in Port Moresby from the 18th to the 22nd of August, led by local facilitators from Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH), National St John Ambulance PNG (NSJA PNG), and ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital (AMPH). Image 1: The PNG nursing...

The Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority (WPHA) in Papua New Guinea has successfully hosted a series of Basic Emergency Care (BEC) courses at the Mt Hagen Provincial Hospital (MHPH) in August , providing essential and localised training to frontline healthcare workers from across the Highlands region.  Image 1: Participants undertaking skills stations as part of the BEC provider course in Mt Hagan Provincial Hospital, Papua New Guinea Overall, 33 health care workers including...

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The Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for an English...

The Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI) is proud to have supported the delivery of the first...

The Pacific Island Society for Emergency Care (PISEC) has reached an important milestone holding it’s first inaugural meeting from the...

The Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI) is proud to have supported the delivery of five Basic...