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Don Matheson
Ministry of Health / Manatū Hauora
Deputy director general, public health and primary care transformation
- Previously with the health sector in North Brisbane.
- Specialist public health physician.
- For nine years an independent health systems consultant.
- Undertook evaluations of national and district health systems in the Asia Pacific region.
- Represented the NZ Minister of Health on the WHO Executive Board.
- Started medical work at the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, then as a GP with unions in Wellington and in Ngāti Porou rohe, Tairawhiti.
- Holds visiting professorships at Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology.
Career
Massey UniversityProfessor
Feb 2010
- Apr 2014
Ministry of Health / Manatū Hauora
Deputy Director General of Public Health and Primary Care Transformation
Jul 2020
- Present
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