Mrs. Miriam Awaile Layton, ATprojects Co-Director was farewell with Mr. David Wong, the Business man in Goroka was farewell by the CEO, Dr. Warima, the PHA senior management and the staff and family on the 28th of May, 2026 at the Bird of Paradise hotel. They both served on the Board for many years, Mr. Wong as a Business rep and Mrs. Layton representing women in Eastern Highlands Province. Mrs. Layton has served under Four CEOs since 2007 up until 2026 which made her one of the longest serving Board member on the Eastern Highlands PHA Board. She started in 2007 under the leadership of late Lilian Siwi, she was then CEO and late Danny Leahy was the Chairman at that time. She remained and continued on to serve under Mr. Peter Bire when he took over from late Mrs. Siwi. Every after 3 years PHA usually advertise for new interested members of the community to apply. She remained dispite her position being advertised. And continued on to serve under Dr. Joseph Apa and since 2024 to 2026 she remained and continued on to serve under Dr. Warima when he took over from Dr. Apa. Mrs. Layton still maintained her position as women’s rep up until on May 28th, 2026 she voluntarily decided to vacate her position due to personal reason. Dr. Warima thank Mrs. Layton and the rest of the Board members by saying Mrs. Layton has seen and done a lot in her capacity as women’s rep. she was part of the very good and strong Board members who have worked hard and made some tough decisions to serve our people. As a result we have achieved and seen many good changes in our health system in the province and some good projects are still in the pipe line yet to be delivered this year, 2026.