Dr Fredrick Charles
Country Director, Papua New Guinea; Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness Lead (Papua New Guinea); TB Clinical Mentor Team Lead
Working groups
Background
Dr Charles is a TB Public Health Physician working with Burnet Institute in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He has acquired extensive knowledge and experience in the clinical management of the TB disease, whist working at the TB Centre of Excellence and the National Referral and Teaching Hospital in PNG (Port Moresby General Hospital).
Joining Burnet in 2022, Dr Charles has extended his support to build TB capacity in the TB high-burden provinces in PNG and also in the Solomon Islands. He is an integral part of the Burnet PNG Leadership Team and the PNG National TB Program (NTP) advocating for program alignments and contributing to the development of the National TB Guidelines.
Dr Charles is at the forefront of implementing the WHO-approved BPaL(M) regimen in the country.
Qualifications
- 2020: MPH-MBA, James Cook University, Australia
- 2008: MBBS, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Appointments
- June 2024 – current: Burnet PNG Oversight Technical Committee
Positions
- December 2024–current: Country Director, Papua New Guinea
- November 2024–current: Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness Lead (Papua New Guinea), Burnet Institute, Papua New Guinea
- May 2022– current: TB Public Health Physician, Burnet Institute, Papua New Guinea
- 2014–2022 April: TB Medical Officer, Port Moresby General Hospital
- 2011–2013: TB/HIV Coordinator; Remote Site Medical Officer, International SOS, PNG Ltd
Awards
- 2018: PNG Australia Awards cohort to undertake post-graduate studies at James Cook University
News and features
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New MoUs to advance healthcare and medical science in PNG
Burnet Institute has signed new MoUs with the PNG NDoH and National Capital District Provincial Health Authority aimed at strengthening co-operation in healthcare and medical science in PNG.
The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive
Last week the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Boosting research capacity through operational training
Burnet is working to reduce the burden of tuberculosis in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.