Signing ceremony of a commercial contract between Myanmar Ministry of Industry and Baldwin Medical at Parliament House
standing from L to R, U Khin Maung Cho (Minister of Industry), Mr Peter Dalidakis (Victorian State Government Minister for Small Business Innovation and Trade), U Ko Ko Lwin (Permanent Secretary, Myanmar Ministry of Industry)
sitting from L to R, Mr Paul Grant (Director of Balwin Medical), U Ko Ko Aung (General Manager of Burma Pharmaceutical Industry, Ministry of Industry)
standing from L to R, U Khin Maung Cho, Mr Peter Dalidakis
sitting from L to R, Mr Paul Grant, U Ko Ko Lwin
Minister delivering speech at luncheon at International Chamber House on 24th November 2016
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Exchange presents with U Khin Maung Cho (Minister of Industry) and Mr. Doug Trappet (Director, Regional Coordination – International)
Minister filming venom milking of tiger snake at Venom Supplies
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Group photo with Minister after the round-table hosted by the Victorian Government’s Department of Economic Development
Minister delivering speech at Myanmar Community in Melbourne
Dr Chen Au Peh delivering presentation about Snakebite Project at Myanmar Community
U Ko Ko Lwin giving presentation about Ministry of Industry at Myanmar Community
Group photo with Minister, Myanmar delegates, Snakebite Project team and Myanmar Community after the meeting
The Myanmar Union Minister of Industry, U Khin Maung Cho, visited Adelaide and Melbourne in late November 2016 on invitation of the Myanmar Snakebite Project. This is an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)-funded project to help improve the health outcomes of snakebite patients in Myanmar. The project is led by Dr Chen Au Peh, Dr Afzal Mahmood and Dr Julian White from the University of Adelaide. The main purpose of this visit was to discuss ways to improve the quality of anti-venom production in Myanmar. Whilst in Adelaide, he visited the University of Adelaide and Venom Supplies in Tanunda. Whilst in Melbourne, the Minister and his delegation spent a day at Seqirus, Australia’s peak anti-venom producing facility, to discuss ways by which Seqirus may assist in improving the quality of anti-venom production in Myanmar. One of the many highlights from this visit included the signing of a contract between Baldwin Medical, an Australian company that specialises in manufacturing bio-pharmaceutical products, and the Myanmar Ministry of Industry to supply plasma collection bags for anti-venom production in Myanmar. Minister U Khin Maung Cho also very generously gave his time to meet various members of AMI and representatives from many vocational training institutes at a round-table hosted by the Victorian Government’s Department of Economic Development. He also met members of the Myanmar community in Melbourne. His visit has not only enhanced the DFAT-Myanmar Snakebite Project, but more broadly, has promoted Australian-Myanmar bilateral relationships.