title: "Creating Futures" in Papua New Guinea: just the beginning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  "Creating Futures 2012: PNG" was the largest mental health conference to date in Melanesia. This paper describes the history, purpose and content of this initiative as a means to facilitate capacity building in Papua New Guinea (PNG), increase binational cooperation and develop a regional mental health network.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fifty Australian professionals were recruited to work with PNG colleagues to develop a suite of 20 workshops on locally identified themes. Over 300 delegates from across PNG and the western Pacific attended the four-day meeting, which was framed by Professor Vikram Patel in a series of presentations on global health. Feedback from PNG delegates and potential ongoing activities are described.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Health, and James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia. ernest_hunter@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D010219:Papua New Guinea