Burnet Institute
Kuda Chani, MD, is an accomplished public health professional with extensive experience in leadership and technical roles across various health organizations. Currently serving as the Country Director at Burnet Institute since February 2022, Kuda Chani leads in-country management and fosters relationships between offices in Papua New Guinea and Melbourne. Previous roles include Public Health Specialist for Abt Associates, where Kuda Chani supported vaccine introduction in Samoa and Tonga, and various consultancy positions focused on health systems strengthening and epidemiological surveillance. With educational credentials including a Master of Public Health and an MBA, Kuda Chani has demonstrated a commitment to improving health systems and addressing communicable diseases, particularly in underserved regions.
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Burnet Institute
Burnet Institute brings together a highly diverse skill base to help solve devastating health problems. Linking medical research with public health action through our international and local field presence, our laboratories, and our mixed development and research cultures drives greater focus on the most relevant global health issues, and a greater impact as a result. Burnet’s expertise in specific infectious diseases of global health significance (especially COVID-19, HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis) continues to make an impact on vulnerable communities internationally and in Australia, along with our research and public health programs in women’s and children’s health; alcohol, drugs and harm reduction; sexual and reproductive health; healthy ageing and young people’s health. Burnet Institute is formally accredited as a medical research organisation with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and as a non-government organisation (NGO) with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australian Aid. Burnet Institute’s head office is in Melbourne, Australia and we also have offices or representatives in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and China, as well as supporting projects in other Asia-Pacific countries.