Sylla Thiam
Regional Director
Amref Health Africa
West Africa
Biography
Dr Sylla Thiam is a highly accomplished senior manager, with fifteen years’ experience of health management and leadership across Africa particularly in Senegal, Guinea, Central African Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa and South Sudan. Currently he is the Director of Amref Health Africa’s Regional hub in West Africa based in Senegal. Prior to that he was the Technical Director for Infectious Diseases based in Amref Health Africa Headquarters in Nairobi. He worked with the Ministry of Health in Senegal in various positions at district and national levels. He is a medical doctor specialized in public health and epidemiology. He holds a Master in Population Development and Health Sciences from Cheikh A Diop University (Dakar-Senegal). He also obtains a Master in Public Health and Health Management and a diploma of epidemiology and biostatics at Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris-France). In addition he holds a MBA in Health Leadership and Management (Kenya). He has worked in public, private sectors as well as in the humanitarian domain with a strong experience in designing, implementing and assessing health programs, building and maintaining partnership at various levels.
Research Interest
He has a wide knowledge in control of major communicable diseases, in research, health care management and health systems strengthening materialized by several publications in per review journals such as The Lancet, JAMA, International Journal for Tuberculosis & Lung Disease, Panafrican Medical Journal, PLOS One and Malaria Journal.