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About us

Where we work

Burnet works with governments, researchers, regional NGOs and communities globally. 

We direct our efforts to projects where we know we can deliver the greatest impact. Our focus is on working with our regional neighbours, and countries challenged by serious endemic health issues.

Office locations

  • Australia (Melbourne office)
  • Myanmar (Yangon main office, Magway field office)
  • Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby, Daru and Kokopo offices)
  • Vanuatu (Port Vila office).

Contact our offices.

Countries we've worked in

This map shows countries we’ve done work in. See the full list below the map.

  • Albania 
  • Armenia 
  • Australia 
  • Azerbaijan 
  • Bangladesh 
  • Belarus 
  • Bhutan 
  • Brazil 
  • Burkina Faso 
  • Cambodia 
  • Canada 
  • Dominican Republic 
  • Egypt 
  • Ethiopia 
  • Fiji 
  • Gabon 
  • Georgia 
  • Ghana 
  • India 
  • Indonesia 
  • Kazakhstan 
  • Kenya 
  • Kosovo 
  • Kyrgyzstan 
  • Laos 
  • Libya 
  • Madagascar 
  • Malawi 
  • Malaysia 
  • Mali 
  • Moldova 
  • Mozambique 
  • Myanmar 
  • Nepal 
  • New Zealand 
  • Nigeria 
  • Norway 
  • Pakistan 
  • Papua New Guinea 
  • Philippines 
  • Serbia 
  • Solomon Islands 
  • South Africa 
  • Sri Lanka 
  • Tajikistan 
  • Tanzania 
  • The Gambia 
  • Thailand 
  • Uganda 
  • United States of America 
  • Uzbekistan 
  • Vanuatu 
  • Vietnam 
  • Zambia 
  • Zimbabwe.

Australia’s only NGO-accredited medical research institute

Burnet is fully accredited as a non-government organisation by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This status represents the Australian Government’s confidence in our organisational effectiveness, governance and development programs. 

Our approach

Locally led projects 

Success relies on projects being led and informed by local partners. We work collaboratively with local and regional partners, responding to their priorities, to help deliver meaningful and sustainable health solutions. 

Locally led projects are designed to align with other health sector investments to help embed transformative and long-lasting systemic change. 

Our relationships with governments, researchers and non-government partners support the implementation of long-term, far-reaching, meaningful and sustainable change.  

Sustainability 

Burnet respects the knowledge and capabilities of our international partners. We actively pursue a supporting role, knowing that the projects on which we collaborate today will ultimately be locally and independently managed. We build resilience into everything we do, ensuring that our projects are equipped to respond to unpredictable climate impacts and health emergencies.  

Equity, diversity and inclusion 

Our international projects are defined by local contexts, informed by local priorities, and embedded in the fundamentals of gender equity, diversity and social inclusion. We are committed to seeing leadership and decision-making roles shared among a wide range of people, including young people, women, people of diverse gender and sexuality, people living with disability, and people of different religious and cultural backgrounds. 

Community impact 

Our day-to-day focus may be on research breakthroughs and systemic improvements, but our success is written in the stories of better health outcomes, and safer, stronger communities, worldwide. 

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

For several decades Burnet has partnered in PNG — assisting to strengthen health systems, address challenges, respond to outbreaks and drive meaningful advances.

Australia

Australia

Myanmar

Myanmar

Our history of working with the people of Myanmar extends 2 decades and includes one of the region’s most devastating natural disasters.