Tun Zaw Min

Biography

 Tun joined World Child Cancer in November 2015 as Programme Coordinator for the Myanmar programme. He is a registered medical doctor in Myanmar with a Master’s in Public Health and over 2 years’ experience in cross border Health programme management including China- Myanmar DFID funded Primary Health Care programme. Tun also has more than four years’ experience within the clinical field working as a Health System Strengthening Manager in post- conflict areas. In his current role as Programme Coordinator, Tun works with local partners and manages the programme to achieve its objectives on time. He develops public awareness posters to highlight the early warning signs of childhood cancer, and conducts pilot surveys to explore the needs of patients and family members during hospitalisation. Making the transition from communicable disease programmes to non-communicable disease programmes has made Tun more eager to find the unreported childhood cases in Myanmar in the future. When Tun is not busy working, he enjoys spending time composing and singing songs and writing poetry

Research Interest

 Cancer