Background

Dr Phone has had a long association with Burnet Institute Myanmar since 2007.

Appointed the Country Representative for the Myanmar Program in June 2013, Dr Phone is based in Yangon, Myanmar.

Previously, he was Program Coordinator with responsibility for overall management of Burnet Institute Myanmar’s programs.

He started his career as medical officer at public hospitals in district areas under the Ministry of Health, Myanmar after completing MBBS course from the University of Medicine 1 (formerly called Institute of Medicine 1) in Yangon.

His previous professional experiences included roles as the Business Unit Manager, GlaxoSmithKline and product manager in two multinational pharmaceuticals, Les Laboratoires Servier and GlaxoSmithKline.

Under a Humphrey Fellowship program granted by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, he studied at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration, Syracuse University, New York State in 2011-2012. He completed his diploma course in Leadership of International and Non‐government Organizations.

Qualifications

• MBBS - University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar

Projects (20)

Current (4)

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  ANCP: Improving maternal and child health outcomes in Myanmar

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  Collaborative Community Checklists for Immunisation (CCCI)

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  Evidence and action for malaria elimination in Myanmar

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  Optimal community-delivered malaria elimination models for the Greater Mekong Sub-region

News Articles (9)

2021 (1)

• Improving SRH knowledge in Myanmar: a teacher's story

2019 (2)

• High-level support for Myanmar School Health Promotion Program
• Focus on adolescent health in Myanmar

2018 (1)

• Myanmar services in safe hands

2016 (1)

• New collaboration to address hepatitis C in Myanmar

2015 (1)

• Myanmar: Improving public health in a sustainable way

2014 (2)

• 2014 in Review: January - June
• Burnet launches three-year Myanmar program

2013 (1)

• Burnet signs MoU with Myanmar Ministry of Health