Dr. Youssou Bamar Gueye

Dr. Youssou Bamar Gueye is a distinguished researcher and public health professional with expertise in haematology and transfusion medicine. He currently serves as Head of the Operations Unit at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) within the Ministry of Health and Social Action, Senegal, where he is responsible for preparing and coordinating rapid response intervention teams. […]

Dr. Yetunde Olagbuji

Dr. Yetunde Olagbuji is a consultant public health physician and a leading expert in adolescent health and development. She currently serves as Director of Planning, Research, and Statistics at the Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency, where she contributes to strengthening the primary health care system and leads health policy planning and data-driven strategies. […]

Dr. Yacouba Kone

Dr. Yacouba Kone has served as Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance Section at the Directorate General of Health and Public Hygiene (DGSHP) since March 2022. He holds a Doctorate in General Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology (FMPOS) at the University of Bamako, as well as a Master’s degree in Intervention Epidemiology […]

Dr. Temptation Chigova

Dr. Temptation is a Global Health student and practitioner with 18 years of experience in reproductive and maternal health, HIV, and health education in Southern Africa. Currently serving as the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) and PMTCT Officer at WHO Namibia. Previously she was pivotal in rolling out and implementation of cervical […]

Dr. Salimata POUSGA

Salimata Pousga is a qualified veterinary doctor and lecturer-researcher at Nazi Boni University, where she has served since 2008. Her teaching focuses on the special pathologies of domestic animals, the hygiene and safety of foods of animal origin, and public health. Her research interests center on animal nutrition and welfare, the promotion of local feed […]

Dr. Nasri Omar

Dr. Nasri is a public mental health specialist and the focal person for Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention at Ministry of Health Kenya. Holding a Master of Science in Global Mental Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, she has more than twelve years of experience advancing mental health policy, suicide prevention programmes, workplace wellness […]

Dr. N. Stanislas Dimitri

Dr. N. Stanislas Dimitri is a toxicologist and pharmacist who qualified in 2011. He is also a former fellow of the Canadian Francophonie Scholarship Program (PCBF). Following advanced training in toxicology at the Quebec Toxicology Centre, Dr. Dimitri has held several key leadership roles in chemical risk assessment and management in Burkina Faso. From 2016 […]

Dr. Medhin Selamu

Medhin Selamu is a Mental Health Epidemiologist and public mental health advocate with extensive experience in mental health research and service delivery. Her work includes a dissertation entitled “Impact of Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing on Healthcare Delivery among Primary Healthcare Workers in a Rural District in Southern Ethiopia.” She was also part of the Programme for […]

Dr. Maman Sani Mahamane

Dr. Maman Sani is a medical doctor and public health practitioner with more than fifteen years of professional experience across government health systems, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the United Nations system. Over the course of his career, he has served as a municipal health officer at an integrated health centre, a departmental health officer and […]

Dr. Lesego B Kuate – Lere

Dr. Lesego B Kuate-Lere is a public health physician and occupational health practitioner serving at the Ministry of Health Botswana. She currently serves as the National Child Health Technical Advisor and National Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Manager within the Child Health Division. Dr. Lesego has a strong interest in public health emergency response and […]