Mona Kheng — The Association Specialists

Mona Kheng

Burnet Institute, PNG - PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Papua New Guinea

Mona Kheng earned Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2013. The following year, he was selected to be a government officer at Pursat provincial health department. His job was mainly involved in supervision of drug management at all levels of health facilities, pharmacovigilance for Pursat province, and quality of care improvement projects organized by Ministry of Health. In 2016, he received a diploma in medical microbiology from Institute for Medical Research, Malaysia. He joined Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program (DMDP), an NGO that strengthens laboratory and clinical capacity in Cambodian government hospitals, in October 2019 as Pharmacist Mentor. He was assigned with the DMDP clinical team, working with Cambodian public healthcare professionals to promote the rational use of antimicrobials and microbiology laboratory utilization. In June 2022, Mona Kheng joined Burnet Institute in the Fleming Fund Country Grant project which is supporting Papua New Guinea to strengthened One Health approaches to information sharing, strengthened antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial use and antimicrobial consumption surveillance and monitoring systems in the human health and in animal health sectors.