| Associate Professor Peter Deutschmann |
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| Biography |
Peter Deutschmann is associate director of the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne and executive director of its affiliate, the Nossal Institute Limited. Peter originally trained in clinical surgery and subsequently in public health whilst working in rural north India. With thirty years experience in international health, Peter has developed special interests in the integration and delivery of essential services through a primary health care approach in resource poor settings, including those services related to disease prevention and health promotion.
He has considerable experience in the planning and implementation of health programs in many countries of the Asia Pacific, especially India, Nepal, Burma, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor, for government and international agencies that include the Australian Agency for International Development, UK Department for International Development, UN agencies and the World Bank.
Peter is committed to development assistance that supports health programs based on principles of social justice and equitable access to health services. To this end he remains a strong advocate for the equipping of health professionals in the Asia Pacific region including those from Australia who seek to contribute to the further development of countries of this region and remote and rural areas of Australia.