Dr Samba Diarra (Mali)
Affiliations
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB)
Biography
I have a PhD in sociology and am a Research Fellow at the Department of Education and Research in Public Health (DERSP) at USTTB in Mali.
I am also the coordinator of community engagement and social science activities at the University Centre Research Clinic (UCRC).
Between 2013 and 2014, I was responsible for community engagement for Target Malaria in Mali.
Expertise
Social sciences, qualitative field studies and analysis (maternal and newborn, migration, food), community engagement, socio-cultural barriers to malaria control, genetically modified organisms.
Key Publication References
Hartley S, Ledingham K, Owen R, Leonelli S, Diarra S, Diop S 2021 Experimenting with co-development: a qualitative study of gene drive research for malaria control in Mali Social Science and Medicine
Samba Diarra 2020 « Engagement communautaire pour une prise adéquate de la sulfadoxine pyriméthamine chez la femme enceinte dans la commune rurale de Safo au Mali» Editions SYDO, Bordeaux, France.
Webster J, Hoyt J, Diarra S, Manda-Taylor L, Okoth G, Achan J, ... & Hill J 2020 Adoption of evidence-based global policies at the national level: intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy and first trimester treatment in Kenya, Malawi, Mali and The Gambia Health policy and planning 35(10) 1364-1375
Jayne Webster, Jenna Hoyt, Samba Diarra, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, George Okoth, Jane Achan, Ludovica Ghilardi, Umberto D’Alessandro, Mwayi Madanista, Simon Kariuki 2020 Adoption of evidence-based global policies at the national level: intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy and first trimester treatment in Kenya, Malawi, Mali and The Gambia.
Ataullahjan A, Gaffey MF, Tounkara M, Diarra S, Doumbia S, Bhutta ZA, & Bassani, DG 2020 C’est vraiment compliqué: a case study on the delivery of maternal and child health and nutrition interventions in the conflict-affected regions of Mali Conflict and Health 14, 1-17
Moctar Tounkara, Samba Diarra, Ousmane Maiga, Hadja Sangare, Souleymane Bengaly, Seydou Doumbia 2019 Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle au Mali : Cartographie des Acteurs