Ohnmar -

Experience

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  Ministry of Health

  Feb 1995 - Feb 1997

  Medical Doctor

  - Treat patients in Myit Kyi Na General Hospital, Kachin State, Myanmar- Worked in emergency unit, medical ward, surgical ward, obstetrics and gynaecological ward, paediatric ward, and guard ward for prisoners- Engaged in prevention and control of communicable disease outbreak during the students' sports competition in Myanmar.

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  Department of Medical Research

  Mar 1997 - Jun 2011

  Research Officer

  - Learned research methodology, epidemiology and biostatistics within Myanmar and post-graduate degrees (MSc and PhD) in Epidemiology in Thailand.- Assisted senior researchers in field data collection, data analysis, and presentation of research findings at Myanmar Health Research Congress.

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  World Health Organization

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  SEARO-TDR Fellow

  Project management of operational research in tropical diseases- Assist with VBC in administration of SEARO-TDR Small Grants Scheme; - Coordinate and collaborate with principal investigators, technical units in SEARO (VBC, TUB, MAL, LEP, RPC) and TDR/HQ; - Assist with VBC on TDR activities and others as required; - Research Capacity Strengthening Workshop in Myanmar (June 2004); - Conducted Research Capacity Strengthening Workshop in Bhutan (5-9 August 2004); - Preparation for Research Capacity Strengthening Workshop in Maldives (6-16 December 2004); - Assist with VBC in organizing TDR Proposal Development Workshop for Countries in the South-East Asia Region in WHO/SEARO Office, New Delhi (26-30 September 2005); - Attended Training Course on Good Clinical Practice for Potential Monitors in Bangkok organized by TDR/HQ (22-27 August 2005). Show less

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  Danish Red Cross

  Mar 2007 - Apr 2007

  External consultant

  - Mid-term evaluation of the Community Health Development Programme (malaria, TB, HIV and waterborne diseases among mine workers, commercial sex workers, people living with HIV, men sex with men and local community members in Moegoke, Singu and Tha BeikKyin townships, Myanmar) supported by Danish Red Cross (DRC) under Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS).

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  Department of Medical Research

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2013

  Research Scientist

  - Organize and conduct training workshops and research projects in collaboration with other international organizations - Review of proposals to provide technical comments- Provide technical support to other researchers and post-graduate students in data management and statistical analysis- Provide research methodology training for post-graduate students and medical doctors in Myanmar Medical Association, field survey training for national malaria control programme staff members and health professionals from non-governmental organizations Show less

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  Epidemiology Research Division, Department of Medical Research

  Feb 2013 - Dec 2014

  Deputy Director/Head

  - Supervise staff members of Epidemiology Research Division and other short-term research team leaders and assistants- Organize and conduct training workshops and research projects in collaboration with other international organizations such as World Health Organization, Malaria Consortium, UNOPS and Burnet Institute- Review of proposals to provide technical comments- Provide technical support to other researchers and post-graduate students in data management and statistical analysis- Provide research methodology training for post-graduate students and medical doctors in Myanmar Medical Association, field survey training for national malaria control programme staff members and health professionals from non-governmental organizations- Conducted workshop on reference management, data entry in EpiData and data management using R - Collaborate with other institutes like Malaria Oxford Research Unit in Thailand for malaria mathematical modeling- Scientific talks such as good clinical practice and multilevel data analysis. Show less

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  Malaria Consortium

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2015

  Country Technical Coordinator Myanmar

  - Technical oversight (proposal writing, data collection, training, analysis, interpretation and report writing) to several projects- Communicate with technical staff in offices in Bangkok and United Kingdom to share update, technical issues and challenges through regular skype meetings- Communicate with donor organizations and bilateral organizations together with Country Representative for technical discussions- Involve in screening and selection of project coordinators and project staff- Communicate with other Malaria Consortium staff working for Business Development and Malaria Consortium Cluster- Sharing information on research uptake training given by research uptake officer to Malaria Consortium staff in Myanmar- Provide information to communication officer for sharing information in the website Show less

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  Several INGOs and local NGOs

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2022

  Freelance Consultant
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  Euro Health Group

  Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

  Team member

  Evaluation of auxiliary midwives’ performance on providing antenatal care, care during delivery, postnatal care and care of newborn babies

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  Medical Care Development (MCD) Inc.

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

  Performance-based Specialist/ Volunteer for Administrative Support

  Technical, administrative and financial assistance in Cervical Cancer Screening Project in Yat Sauk TownshipProvide updated country information about tuberculosis and malaria as requested

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  FXB International

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Consultant

  Need assessment for continuation of AFXB project (Partnership approach for Continuum Care, Treatment, Support and Prevent HIV transmission)

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  Myanmar Medical Association

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Research Consultant

  Technical assistance for a survey on Public-Private Mix tuberculosis control activities in private hospitals in Myanmar: providers’ perspective

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  World Health Organization

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2016

  Consultant

  Technical assistance for community based survey, facility based survey and migrant survey 2016 conducted by National Malaria Control Program

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  Malaria Consortium

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Consultant

  Further analysis on positive deviance dengue project baseline data and finalize report (KAP and entomological data)

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  Karen Baptist Convention

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Consultant

  Technical assistance in endline survey for the project titled Empowering Women and Enabling Access to Reproductive Health

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  World Concern

  Sept 2016 - Nov 2016

  Consultant

  Final evaluation of the Mon WASH Project

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  Lithan

  Oct 2016 - Nov 2016

  Lecturer

  Lectures on health informatics for students attending MBA (Health Management)

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  Malaria Consortium

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

  Consultant

  Data analysis and report writing on positive deviance dengue project endline assessment (KAP)

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  Myanmar Knowledge Management Foundation

  May 2017 - Jul 2018

  Team Member

  Time-based PCE team member for prospective country evaluation of the Global Fund (fund request and grants making; grant analysis; process evaluation; impact assessment etc.) led by the Global Evaluation Partners (Euro Health Group, itad and UCSF)

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  People's Health Foundation and Vital Strategies

  May 2017 - Jan 2018

  Technial Service Team Member

  Provide service to People's Health Foundation in the post-campaign assessment: smokeless tobacco control mass media campaign in Myanmar. My role was making technical comments on the proposal and questionnaire, writing discussion based on findings and comments for recommendations.

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  World Health Organization

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  National Technical Officer (Research)

  Technical assistance for community based survey on role of gender on malaria to be conducted by National Malaria Control Program- Technical lead in preparing the draft proposal, structured interview questionnaire (in line with the Global Fund and RAI malaria indicators) and revised for comments made by NMCP staff members - Development of training documents (powerpoint slides, interviewers’ manual, supervisor’s manual)- Capacity building training workshop for NMCP staff to explain about the objective of survey, ethics, validity and reliability, data collection method, interview technique, sample size, sampling procedure, field supervision, compilation and sending collected data forms for data entry- Lead team members of data entry to prepare complex checks for relational database in EpiData, training and supervision of technical team lead in data cleaning in R- Supervise data analysis using functions like ‘merge, append and reshape’ in Stata version 11 and Stata version 13- Report writing to submit to WHO-Myanmar Show less

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  JSI | John Snow, Inc.

  Mar 2018 - May 2018

  Consultant

  Assessment of integrated community case management (ICMV) in two pilot townships, Myanmar (Funded by USAID)

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  GH Pro (Global Health Program Cycle Improvement Project)

  Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

  Evaluation Specialist

  Midterm Performance Evaluation of Defeat Malaria Activity (Funded by USAID)

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  Community Partners International

  May 2019 - Dec 2019

  Senior Technical Advisor (Research)

  Technical support to Maternal and Child Cash Transfer Programme in Kayin and Kayah States (Baseline Assessment) working with other partner institutions

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  Malteser International

  Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

  Consultant

  Technical guidance for Malaria Prevention and Case Management services to Mobile, Migrant, Ethnic and Vulnerable (MMEV) Population in Eastern Shan State, Myanmar

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  New World Therapeutic Training Centre

  Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Consultant

  Need assessment of activities of New World Therapeutic Training Centre

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  Community Partners International

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2021

  Consultant for UHF Project (Research)

  1. To document the evolution of PrEP in Myanmar (Synthesis report) 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of innovative mobile HIV interventions (UHF Project)

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  INGO

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  Senior Health Practitioner
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  World Health Organization

  Feb 2023 - Dec 2023

  Consultant Epidemiologist

  Technical support on malaria and oversee WHO field team members in provinces.