Dave Burrows
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Dan Bigg
I met Dave in 1992 at a drug policy conference in the USA. Dave was, and remains, a wonderful character doing great work in a difficult area! I give him my highest recommendation for integrity, creativity and effectiveness in the work I have seen from him. In our business of health promotion among people injecting drugs Dave is an international leader and one of my heros!
Dan Bigg
I met Dave in 1992 at a drug policy conference in the USA. Dave was, and remains, a wonderful character doing great work in a difficult area! I give him my highest recommendation for integrity, creativity and effectiveness in the work I have seen from him. In our business of health promotion among people injecting drugs Dave is an international leader and one of my heros!
Dan Bigg
I met Dave in 1992 at a drug policy conference in the USA. Dave was, and remains, a wonderful character doing great work in a difficult area! I give him my highest recommendation for integrity, creativity and effectiveness in the work I have seen from him. In our business of health promotion among people injecting drugs Dave is an international leader and one of my heros!
Dan Bigg
I met Dave in 1992 at a drug policy conference in the USA. Dave was, and remains, a wonderful character doing great work in a difficult area! I give him my highest recommendation for integrity, creativity and effectiveness in the work I have seen from him. In our business of health promotion among people injecting drugs Dave is an international leader and one of my heros!
Experience
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APMG Health
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United States
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International Trade and Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Retired
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Jul 2021 - Present
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Senior Technical Director
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2021
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Retired
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Sep 2003 - Sep 2021
Spent 34 years working on HIV and drug use issues in 71 countries. Now involved in environmental protection/ regeneration activities.
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Director
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Sep 2003 - Sep 2003
APMGlobal Health (APMG) is a social enterprise that works to improve the reach, quality and impact of HIV and health programmes among marginalised populations.APMG was established in 2003 by HIV technical experts with widespread international experience in multilateral and bilateral development projects. Our primary communities of interest are:- People living with HIV - Injecting drug users- Sex workers- Men who have sex with men, and- Prisoners.Its Directors are Dave Burrows and Lou McCallum Show less
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Director
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May 1996 - Aug 2003
Provided consultancy in more than 40 countries, including project design, strategic advice, needs assessment, project costing, strategic planning, negotiation and/or evaluation to international and national organisations including for World Bank (RF, Ukraine, Iran), UNAIDS (Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Bangladesh, RF, Ukraine, Belarus), UNDP (Poland, Ukraine), UNICEF (Bangladesh, Switzerland), World Health Organization (Iran, Jordan, Switzerland, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Slovenia); UNODC (Cambodia, Austria), UNHCR (Thailand); Pact (Thailand, Laos); MSF (RF, Ukraine); IHRD(US, Hungary, RF, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovak Republic, Romania, Kazakhstan); PSI (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, RF, China, Thailand); FHI (Indonesia, US); AFEW (The Netherlands, RF, Kazakhstan), IHRA (Spain), International Family Health (RF, UK); CHR (Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Myanmar): AIHI (India); USAID (India); UK DFID (RF, China, Kyrgyzstan). Show less
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Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
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Australia
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Public Policy Offices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Deputy Director
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Mar 1994 - Apr 1996
AFAO is national peak organisation of community-based organisations involved in HIV/AIDS work in Australia. Duties included: writing accurate briefing papers and reports and policy documents for range of audiences to tight deadlines; supervision of a budget of A$500 000pa; supervision of 11 staff in Policy, Publications and Administration teams. AFAO is national peak organisation of community-based organisations involved in HIV/AIDS work in Australia. Duties included: writing accurate briefing papers and reports and policy documents for range of audiences to tight deadlines; supervision of a budget of A$500 000pa; supervision of 11 staff in Policy, Publications and Administration teams.
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Coordinator
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Feb 1992 - Feb 1994
NSW Users and AIDS Association: Co-ordinator (1991-1994) Injecting drug users group with (at the time of my departure) 13 staff and a budget of over A$900 000 pa. Experience in "grass roots" activities of needle exchange work and drug user organising, as well as advocating on issues of concern to drug users. Also included overseeing development of wide range of innovative outreach processes, and education and information materials. NSW Users and AIDS Association: Co-ordinator (1991-1994) Injecting drug users group with (at the time of my departure) 13 staff and a budget of over A$900 000 pa. Experience in "grass roots" activities of needle exchange work and drug user organising, as well as advocating on issues of concern to drug users. Also included overseeing development of wide range of innovative outreach processes, and education and information materials.
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Various positions
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Jan 1987 - Dec 1990
Centre for Education and Information on Drugs and Alcohol (CEIDA): Divisional Manager - Information and Educational Resources (1989-1990) Managed staff of 17 and budget of more than A$1 million pa. Duties included editorial and library management; development, production and distribution of printed, audio and video resources on drugs and HIV/AIDS in several languages. Editor Connexions journal (1987-1989) Researched and wrote all articles for journal of issues related to alcohol and other drugs and HIV/AIDS. Show less
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Education
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University of Technology Sydney
BA Communication, Psychology and Journalism