Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence, particularly against women.

How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea

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2024-07-11 16:00:02

Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence, particularly against women. Local public health experts are working to end this violence through education.

This film is part of “Innovations In: Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Jesse Irie: In Papua New Guinea, we have an estimate of more than 450 tribal clans and more than 850 individual local languages. The first, archeological finding up in Western Province found evidence of people living in Papua New Guinea 50,000 years ago.

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