Yar Zar

Overview

Dr. Yar Zar a Myanmar citizen is co founder and Chief Technical Officer of Koe Koe. As CTO he works on all technical development tasks including system analysis and design application architecture and coding. He is also the President of the Young Doctors Society of the Myanmar Medical Association. Yar Zar is a doctor and a computer scientist. Before receiving M.B.B.S. from the University of Medicine (2) he started teaching himself computer science in his spare time. Eventually he formalized his education receiving diplomas in computer science from the Myanmar Computer Company. Yar Zar worked with the Myanmar Medical Association and the World Health Organization for several years on malaria related work. He then started working as an IT freelancer. His cousin Michael came to Myanmar in 2012 and soon after they formed Koe Koe inspired to achieve the goal of developing a nationwide health information exchange system. Yar Zar understands that health IT is essential especially in Myanmar as there is no health information system at all to support health policymaking to improve and save lives.