Toole, Michael

Prof Michael Toole AM

Infectious Disease Expert; Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute; Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Prof Michael Toole has 35 years experience working in the health sector in low-income countries in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. He is a medical epidemiologist and public health physician, with expertise in maternal and child health, including nutrition; communicable diseases control, including HIV prevention and care; primary health care program design and evaluation; sexual and reproductive health; and public health in conflict-affected and refugee populations.

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