Naw (Tee Tar) is the deputy director of the Burma Medical Association (BMA), and she also serves as a coordinator for a network of partner organizations called the Health Information System Working Group.

In this role, she is responsible for all program and office activities and for taking strategic decisions regarding programs, development partnerships, and future directions.

She has led efforts to develop an evidence-based health information platform for ethnic and community-based health organizations, drawing on data from all partner population surveys on health and human rights abuses.

The ultimate goal for her project is to set up an information lab that will support evidence-based decision making and raise awareness in the international community about health and human rights abuses in minority ethnic settings.

Tee Tar views access to health care as a fundamental human right, and she is committed to improving the health status of vulnerable communities in neglected areas through data gathering, research, raising awareness at local and international levels, and advocacy. She hopes she can use the new knowledge and broader skills she develops through the Equity Initiative to set up a research hub for groups that facilitate ethnic minority health in Myanmar.