William Pomat

Dados Biográficos

ID353017
NOMEWilliam Pomat
PRENOMESWilliam
SOBRENOMEPomat
ASSINATURAPOMAT W
AFILIAÇÕESPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
ORCID0000-0003-2640-9640
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS20
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES3
TOTAL COMO AUTOR20
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Agency in young people’s unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Lisa Vallely et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2026

    Unsafe abortion is a preventable contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly for young unmarried women in low resource settings. In Papua New Guinea, abortion is legally restricted and highly stigmatised, limiting access to safe abortion and post-abortion care, resulting in unsafe abortion. This paper explores young people's lived experiences and agency in relation to unsafe abortion. We undertook qualitative research between 20…

  • Socio-structural influences on unintended pregnancy among girls aged 15–17 years in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Herick Aeno et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls is a public health priority globally, particularly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where low contraceptive use among young people has resulted in some of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper investigates the socio-structural influences on adolescent girls' ability to prevent unintended pregnancies in PNG. METHODS: Qualitative research conducted between 2…

  • Health system effectiveness of symptomatic malaria case management in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessVincent Minconetti, Clara Champagne et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Effective case management is crucial for malaria control efforts and is a cornerstone of malaria control programmes. Yet, although efficacious treatments exist, malaria case management often faces challenges, such as poor access to treatment providers, supply-chain issues, non-compliance with guidelines or substandard medication. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), progress in control efforts has stagnated in recent years. This study identifies barriers t…

  • Baseline assessment of front-line health system capacity in vector-borne disease surveillance and response in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessRachael Farquhar, Zebedee Kerry et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    International public health surveillance and timely response cannot exist without strengthened local surveillance and response systems. Supporting front-line healthcare workers to embed the use of innovative electronic health information systems into adaptable and sustainable processes within their contexts is essential for response to ongoing vector-borne diseases (VBDs) and emerging infectious diseases in resource-constrained settings such as P…

  • Tuberculosis treatment and undernutrition on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessA Persson, Paula Jops et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025Referências: 26

    A substantial proportion of people with tuberculosis (TB)-one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases-live in resource-poor, food insecure settings. It is widely recognised that undernutrition significantly heightens vulnerability to TB, as well as contributes to poor treatment adherence and outcomes. However, more attention is needed to understand what shapes food insecurity and undernutrition in a particular setting. We use the concept of …

  • Young men’s everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessStephen Bell, Elke Mitchell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Unintended adolescent pregnancy is a public health priority in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where national policies specify need for easier access to reliable modern contraceptives. To reduce young people’s experiences of unintended pregnancy in PNG, improved understandings of use of modern and other forms of contraception within young people’s relationships is required to support the development of new sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs an…

  • The prioritisation of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Zambia and Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessLisa Vallely, Kelvin Kapungu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are neglected in public health policy, services and society at large. Effective interventions are available for some STI but seem not to be prioritised at global, regional or local levels. Zambia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have a high burden of STIs among pregnant women but little is known about the prioritisation of STI treatment and care among this group. We undertook a qualitative study to explore…

  • The role and value of counsellors in the treatment journeys of people with tuberculosis and their families

    Open AccessPaula Jops, John Cowan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Combined education and counselling can contribute to person-centred care for tuberculosis (TB), improving uptake, adherence, and outcomes of treatment for TB disease and TB infection. Though strongly recommended by the World Health Organization for all people diagnosed with TB, education and counselling is not widely implemented in TB programs around the world. In 2016, a pilot TB education and counselling program, delivered by trained profession…

  • Acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted and genital infections among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessLisa Vallely, Priscilla Poga et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    The self-collection of vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is reported from several low-and middle-income countries. However, the reporting on women's experiences of self-collection and same-day testing and treatment of STIs is less well described. In this paper, we present the acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing and treatment among pregnant women enro…

  • Exploring the association between multidimensional poverty and antenatal care utilization in two provinces of Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessOlga PM Saweri, William Pomat et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2024

    This study indicated high levels of multidimensional poverty in PNG and that ANC utilization was regressive; highlighting the need to encourage pregnant women, especially those who are economically more vulnerable to visit clinics regularly throughout pregnancy

  • Household food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated socioeconomic demographic factors in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessVinson D Silas, William Pomat et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on global food security, but little is known about the impact on food security at the household level. We examined the prevalence and socioeconomic demographic factors for household food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea. METHODS: Household socioeconomic demographic data from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System were collected fro…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on routine childhood immunisations in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMilena Dalton, Benjamin M Sanderson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Routine vaccines are critical to child health. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted essential health services, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). We reviewed literature to determine the impact of COVID-19 on service delivery and uptake of routine childhood immunisation in LMICs. We reviewed papers published between March 2020 and June 2022 using a scoping review framework, and assessed each paper across the World Hea…

  • Beyond patient delay, navigating structural health system barriers to timely care and treatment in a high burden TB setting in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessPaula Jops, John Cowan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue in Papua New Guinea, with incidence rates particularly high in the South Fly District of Western Province. We present three case studies, along with additional vignettes, that were derived from interviews and focus groups carried out between July 2019 and July 2020 of people living in rural areas of the remote South Fly District depicting their challenges accessing timely TB diagnosis and care; mos…

  • Stratification of malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea (2011–2019)

    Open AccessOsama M E Seidahmed, Sharon Jamea et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Malaria risk in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is highly heterogeneous, between and within geographical regions, which is operationally challenging for control. To enhance targeting of malaria interventions in PNG, we investigated risk factors and stratified malaria incidence at the level of health facility catchment areas. Catchment areas and populations of 808 health facilities were delineated using a travel-time accessibility approach and linked to re…

  • Non-communicable diseases attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessBang Nguyen Pham, Ronny Jorry et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) is undergoing an epidemiological transition with increased mortality from NCDs. This study examined NCDs-attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in PNG. Method Using WHO 2016 instrument, 926 verbal autopsy (VA) interviews were conducted in six major provinces from January 2018 to December 2020. InterVA-5 tool was used to assign causes of death (COD). Multivariable logistic regression analysis…

  • Exploring Tuberculosis Riskscapes in a Papua New Guinean 'Hotspot

    Open AccessPaula Jops, Martha Kupul et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2022Citada por: 2Referências: 31

    This article explores socio-spatial dimensions of risk and how they can enhance understanding of a high burden tuberculosis (TB) context in the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. We report on select findings from a qualitative study that included 128 semi-structured in-depth interviews and 10 focus group discussions with a wide range of South Fly District community members. Using the conceptual framework of 'riskscapes' to examine emic persp…

  • Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from Covid-19

    Open AccessSalahuddin Ahmed, Tisungane Mvalo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    A saving grace of the COVID-19 pandemic in high-income and upper middle-income countries has been the relative sparing of children. As the disease spreads across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), long-standing system vulnerabilities may tragically manifest, and we worry that children will be increasingly impacted, both directly and indirectly. Drawing on our shared child pneumonia experience globally, we highlight these potential im…

  • Rationale, experience and ethical considerations underpinning integrated actions to further global goals for health and land biodiversity in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessJo Middleton, J Cassell et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2020Referências: 1

    The SURFACES project is integrating action on good health and wellbeing [Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3] and conservation of life on land (SDG 15) in the threatened rainforests of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and mapping evidence of similar projects worldwide. Our approach is framed by Planetary Health, aiming to safeguard both human health and the natural systems that underpin it. Our rationale is demonstrated through a summary of health needs …

  • Youth-centred research to help prevent and mitigate the adverse health and social impacts of pregnancy amongst young Papua New Guineans

    Stephen Bell, Elissa Kennedy et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters2018Citada por: 1Referências: 11

  • A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Open AccessAnna‐Sapfo Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas et al.ARTICLENature2016

    The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama–Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25–40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania).…