Ni Ni Tun

Biography

Ni Ni Tun started at work as HIV/TB national coordinator with Médécins sans Frontières in Myanmar in 2003. She has trained about 1000 local doctors related with HIV, TB case management, STD and malnutrition. Moreover, Nini was trained for screening and treatment of CMV retinitis in HIV patients in 2006 and has treated about 600 CMV retinitis patients and trained about 1000 national doctors together with her trainer, Dr David Heiden (consultant Uveitis, Sanfrancisco). In 2009, Nini has joined with a new medical organization, Medical Action Myanmar, with which Nini is working as a medical director, supervising the prevention and treatment program of HIV, TB, malaria and malnutrition program. Furthermore, Nini is the lead for HIV innovative research for the Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit (MOCRU). MOCRU is a new tropical medical research organization formed as an extension of the medical research activities of the University of Oxford in Southeast Asia.


In 2019, Ni Ni is working as HIV innovative and research advisor for Medical Action Myanmar and Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit. Currently, she is also the PhD Fellow student at the University of Antwerp, Belgium with the research areas of relevant interventions to tackle the gaps in HIV prevention and treatment care in Key Affected Populations (KAPs), Myanmar.

Ni Ni Tun
Position
Medical action Myanmar / Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Myanmar