Georgina Dove

Georgina brings over 20 years of expertise in managing public health programs, leading community engagement and consultation, and program planning and evaluation. She is a highly experienced researcher and evaluator, offering valuable insights and technical advice on program design and improvement in diverse health domains.

Georgina’s experience spans both the Australian and Pacific Island contexts and public and private clients including the Australian Government and State/Territory Departments of Health, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Asian Development Bank, Ok Tedi Development Foundation and many other community health organisations.

Prior to joining Abt’s Domestic Programs team, Georgina managed and implemented public health programs under Abt Australia’s international portfolio. This included roles as Public Health Adviser, Technical Director of two community health partnership programs in Papua New Guinea, and Project Manager for the Systems Strengthening for Effective Coverage of New Vaccines in the Pacific Project. 

Expertise

• Technical expertise in public health and health service delivery programs
• Community and stakeholder engagement and consultation
• Stakeholder and client relationship engagement and management
• Program management
• Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning

Key Projects

• Evaluation of the Pacific Medicines Testing Program (13 countries)
• Review and development of models of diagnostic care pathways for rare and undiagnosed diseases (Australia)
• Evidence and synthesis review to inform the national breast screening program (Australia)
• Our Way Breaking Cycles 2023-2025 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Project (Australia)
• Evaluation of four community designed and implemented projects to address Closing the Gap Targets for Domestic and Family Violence and Out of Home Care (Australia)
• Co-design, monitoring and evaluation of the Curriculum Development Project (Australia)
• Integrated Project Management for the Systems Strengthening for Effective Coverage of New Vaccines in the Pacific Project (Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu)

Publications

• Dove, G., Kelly-Hanku, A., Usurup, J., O’Keeffe, A., Scahill, G., & Craig, A. (2024). Collaboration in a Partnership for Primary Health Care: A Case Study From Papua New Guinea. Global Health: Science and Practice, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/ghsp-d-23-00040
• Dove, G., Craig, A., Usurup, J., O’Keeffe, A., Scahill, G., Harris‐Roxas, B., & Kelly‐Hanku, A. (2024). Collaborative governance in a primary health care partnership in Papua New Guinea. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 39(5), 1370-1382. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3808
• Dove, G., Craig, A., Harris-Roxas, B., & Kelly-Hanku, A. (2025). Governance of Public-Private Partnerships for Primary Healthcare in Low-and Lower-Middle-Income Countries, 2000-2023: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 14, 8442. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.8442
• Field, E., Abo, D., Samiak, L., Vila, M., Dove, G., Rosewell, A., & Nathan, S. (2018). A partnership model for improving service delivery in remote Papua New Guinea: a mixed methods evaluation. International journal of health policy and management, 7(10), 923. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2018.50
• Field, E., Dove, G., Witi, N., Abo, D., Samiak, L., Vallely, L., & Nathan, S. (2019). Perceptions of the Village Health Volunteer Program implemented in remote Papua New Guinea: lessons for policy. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal, 62(1/2), 19-32.
• Dove, G. (2024). Obituary: Mr Kelly Kewa, Dr Jethro Usurup and Mr Ray Krai. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 64, MJ21002. https://doi.org/10.1071/MJ21002