Background

Nazzy Ruhi is a Peer Counsellor with the South Fly TB program, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Her roles include providing education, and psychological support to patients and their families, facilitating patient referrals and working collaboratively with other clinical staff to ensure patient needs are met.

Prior to joining Burnet, Nazzy was a volunteer with Western Provincial AIDS Council in the Education and Awareness program for two years.

Qualifications

• October 2019: SASA – Examining Power, Root Cause, types of Violence Against Women Training – DARU PNG
• 2019: Child Protection Training
• Certificate in Standard Patient Education Counselling sessions Trainings (theory)
• HIV/AIDs Theatre Training
• Community Advocators Community Conversation Facilitators Training
• Introduction to Basic HIV Training