The driving force behind MAM is Dr Frank Smithuis, former director of Medecins sans Frontieres Myanmar and a long-term veteran in health activities in Myanmar together with 3 former colleagues. Dr Khin Zarli Aye, Dr NiNi Tun and Rene Mous. In addition, a number of health professionals who have been involved in health activities in Myanmar are supporting MAM including Professor Nick White (Oxford and Mahidol University), Dr Alex Winkler (former director of MSF Holland, currently director Doctors for Children and Guy Stallworthy (former director PSI Myanmar, currently working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).
Ni Ni Tun
Ni Ni has had a variety of responsibilities, first as a clinical doctor, later as clinic team leader, supervising 50 clinic staff and after that as national clinical HIV coordinator. She oversees and supervises approximately 50 national doctors involved with HIV clinical medicine in the largest AIDS treatment program in the country.
Dr Ni Ni Tun is one of the most experienced doctors in treating AIDS patients in the country. She also advises other organisations in Myanmar involved with the diagnoses and treatment of AIDS patients. Ni Ni supervises the quality of the medical activities and medical training of health staff.
Frank Smithuis
Frank has worked for 20 years in South East Asia, first as a clinical doctor in a Cambodian refugee camp (1988-1992), than as project coordinator in West Cambodia (1993-1994), and later as medical and general director for MSF in Myanmar (1994-2009).
In Myanmar, he built up the largest medical programme of MSF in the world, with over 10 million patient consultations. In 2005 he received a PhD for Malaria research in Myanmar.
Frank is the general director, overseeing the project activities, fundraising and financial management and he will also be responsible for external communication.
Sieb Jansssen
Sieb has a financial degree and has extensive financial experience in the Netherlands and in third world countries. After being based in South-Sudan for 4 years, working for ZOA, an organisation that provides farming and shelter for the poorest he travelled his way to Myanmar. In MAM he controls all financial businesses.
Rie Takahashi
Rie Takashi is our logistis coordinator. She is in control of the supply chain of the organization.She oversees purchasing, inventory, warehousing and transportation activity.
Chanida Indrasutra
Mrs. Indrasutra is the Deputy director of our Organization
Jasper Besemer
Mr. Besemer is the Operational Coordinator of MAM