Ocular injuries in PNG are an important cause of visual disability. Some specific injuries, such as those due to lime in children, can easily be prevented by health education.

Injuries in children were found to be preventable. Small interventions while constructing homes can contribute tremendously to injury prevention and control in children. Parental awareness about the various modes of injury, role of supervised playing and their responsibility towards injury prevention can play a key role in reducing the morbidity associated with childhood fractures.