#30 Improving HIV Peer Counseling In Papua New Guinea
Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
2:57 PM - 3:12 PM |
Speaker
Ms Lisa Davidson
Deputy Director
Burnet Institute
IMPROVING HIV PEER COUNSELING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2:57 PM - 3:09 PMBiography
Lisa Davidson is Co-head of the Global Health: Policy, Practice and Community Action Working Group and Deputy Head of the Behaviour and Health Risks Program at the Burnet Institute. Over the past 30 years she has provided technical support to a range of international health programs across Asia, the Pacific and Southern Africa. Lisa’s main areas of interest are working to support and empower communities to better understand and respond to health issues through improved health literacy, health seeking behaviours and access to services, as well as working with health care providers to improve health communication and service delivery. Currently, she is supporting projects that focus on the following health issues: HIV, Adolescent sexual and reproductive health, immunization, Covid-19, TB and maternal and child health. In the past Lisa has coordinated several units as part of the Masters of Public Health for both Monash University and Nossal Global Health including Health and Communication, and Global Health.
Speaker
Lisa Davidson
Deputy Director
Burnet Institute
Support Staff
Linda Starke
Event Coordinator
ASHM
