Joseph Kaven CBE is a Papua New Guinean physician who works at Nonga Base Hospital,

Rabaul Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in ...

, East New Britain. He has worked on improving health service access to rural areas of Papua New Guinea. Kaven was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours for "service to health and medical research, particularly in infectious disease control"."Queen's birthday honours list: Commonwealth"
''The Guardian'', June 13, 2009

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Living people Papua New Guinean physicians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 21st-century physicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{med-bio-stub