Background

Dr Win Han Oo is a registered medical doctor and a senior program manager at Burnet Institute who has been managing a variety of projects to fight against infectious diseases, especially COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis. He is also a research fellow for Burnet Institute, taking different positions in Institute-led research. He has over 12 years of experience in public health and research.

Appointments

• 2019 onward – member and resource person for Malaria Free Mekong Network
• 2018 onward – research fellow for Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination
• 2015 onward – member of Myanmar Malaria Technical Strategic Group

Positions

• Senior Program Manager (Health Security), Burnet Institute - January 2020 to present
• Program Manager, Burnet Institute - September 2016 to December 2019
• Program Manager (Coordination/ Malaria) & Senior Technical Specialist (Tuberculosis), Burnet Institute - September 2013 to August 2016
• Health Services Manager, Population Services International Myanmar - January 2012 to September 2012
• Senior Health Services Officer, Population Services International Myanmar- June 2011 to December 2011
• Senior Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar - April 2010 to June 2011
• Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar - June 2008 to April 2010
• General Practitioner, Self-employed - December 2007 to July 2008

Qualifications

• 2020: PhD, Deakin University, Australia
• 2015: Deboer fellowship, Deboer foundation - USA
• 2013: Master of Public Health (Global Health), Thammasat University – Thailand
• 2008: MBBS, University of Medicine II – Yangon, Myanmar

Awards

• January 2019: The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) Travel and Training Awards
• October 2017: Higher Degree by Research Grant from the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University Australia
• July 2017: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019 Annual Meeting Travel Award
• July 2017, April 2018 and July 2019: Prospect Burma Scholarship
• September 2016: Early Career Scholar Grant to present at the International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria in Brisbane
• August 2016: Deakin-Burnet PhD Award, Deakin University
• September 2015: New Zealand ASEAN Scholars Award
• September 2015: Deboer Fellowship
• April 2013: Prospect Burma Scholarship Award
• August 2012: Thammasat University Tuition Fees Waiver Awards

Projects (1)

Current (1)

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

Publications (4)

2021 (1)

• Community demand for comprehensive primary health care from malaria volunteers in South-East Myanmar: a qualitative study.
  Oo WH , Hoban E, Gold L, Than KK, La T, Thi A, Fowkes FJI
  Malar J. 2021 Jan; 20(1):19

2020 (1)

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of topical repellent distributed by village health volunteer networks against Plasmodium spp. infection in Myanmar: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.
  Agius PA, Cutts JC, Han Oo W, Thi A, O'Flaherty K, Zayar Aung K, Kyaw Thu H, Poe Aung P, Mon Thein M, Nyi Zaw N, Yan Min Htay W, Paing Soe A, Razook Z, Barry AE, Htike W, Devine A, Simpson JA, Crabb BS, Beeson JG, Pasricha N, Fowkes FJI
  PLoS Med. 2020 Aug; 17(8):e1003177

2019 (1)

• The impact of community-delivered models of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review.
  Win Han Oo, Gold L, Moore K, Agius PA, Fowkes FJI
  Malar J. 2019 Aug; 18(1):269

2018 (1)

• Effectiveness of repellent delivered through village health volunteers on malaria incidence in villages in South-East Myanmar: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.
  Win Han Oo, Cutts JC, Agius PA, Kyaw Zayar Aung, Poe Poe Aung, Aung Thi, Nyi Nyi Zaw, Htin Kyaw Thu, Wai Yan Min Htay, Ataide R, O'Flaherty K, Ai Pao Yawn, Aung Paing Soe, Beeson JG, Crabb B, Pasricha N, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Dec; 18(1):663

News Articles (1)

2020 (1)

• Insect repellent can advance the malaria elimination agenda