While the Pacific has in recent weeks welcomed medical ships from both China and the United States, the Youth with a Mission or YWAM medical ships are in Papua New Guinea year round.
Two ships from YWAM'S Townsville base are currently in PNG - one in Bougainville and the other in Morobe.
Anna Scott is the public relations advisor for the evangelical group and she told Don Wiseman about the medical care they have been providing in PNG for a long time.