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Dr Charles is a TB Public Health Physician working with Burnet Institute in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He has acquired extensive knowledge and experience in the clinical management of the TB disease, whist working at the TB Centre of Excellence and the National Referral and Teaching Hospital in PNG (Port Moresby General Hospital).
Joining Burnet in 2022, Dr Charles has extended his support to build TB capacity in the TB high-burden provinces in PNG and also in the Solomon Islands. He is an integral part of the Burnet PNG Leadership Team and the PNG National TB Program (NTP) advocating for program alignments and contributing to the development of the National TB Guidelines.
Dr Charles is at the forefront of implementing the WHO-approved BPaL(M) regimen in the country.