Allan Kuma
Project Lead Counsellor
Working groups
Qualifications
- October 2019: SASA – Examining Power, Root Cause, types of Violence Against Women Training – Daru PNG
- May 2019: Child Protection Training
- April 2018 and March 2019: Supervisory (management) skills training – Daru and Port Moresby, PNG
- July 2017: Certificate on Gender Based Violence and Trauma Informed Care Training – Daru, Western Province, PNG
- February 2017: Certificate in Professional Supervision for Counselling Conducted by Australian Counselling Association, Port Moresby PNG
- 2015: Certificate Training of Trainers Advance Counseling – Loge 10 Port Moresby, PNG
- 2012: Certificate Training of Trainers IEA College of TAFE Port Moresby, PNG
- 2012: Certificate Advance Counseling, Hotel Kimininga WHP PNG
- 2012: Certificate Couple Counseling Training, Hotel Kimininga, WHP, PNG
- 2006: Certificate Training of Trainers (TOT) HIV/AIDS, Basic Counseling and VCT Anglicare, Port Moresby Nations Capital District, PNG
- 1994 to 1998: Diploma in Theological Studies, Lutheran Seminary Ogelbeng, Western Highlands Province, PNG
- 1990 to 1993: Certificate Church Administration, Lutheran Church College, Banz Jiwaka Province, PNG
Positions
- 2016 – Present: Project Lead Counsellor, South Fly TB program, Burnet Institute
- 2005 – 2016: HIV Counsellor, Trainer in HIV counselling and testing, Team leader for Counselling Testing and Treatment Component, Anglicare PNG Mount Hagen Branch
- 1999 to 2004: Volunteer Counsellor, HIV Counsellor and Trainer with Western Highlands Provincial AIDS Council
Burnet publications
21 Oct 2024
The role and value of counsellors in the treatment journeys of people with tuberculosis and their families: Qualitative insights from the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea
PLOS Global Public Health
Paula Jops et al
Open access
11 Sep 2019
A pilot model of patient education and counselling for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Daru, Papua New Guinea
Public Health Action
T. Adepoyibi et al
Open access
