Badara Samb

Background

Samb, Badara was born on November 28, 1960 in Dakar, Senegal. Son of Cheikh and Diama (Gueye).

Education

Master in Public Health, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 1994. Postgraduate, University Denis Diderot, Paris, 1997.

Career

Field assistant United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Dakar, 1985-1987. Physician Hospital Aristide Le Dantec, 1987-1988. Field physician Institute for Research and Development, 1988-1989, epidemiologist, fellow, 1990-1994.

Epidemiologist Institute Tropical Medicine and Epidemiology, Paris, 1994-1996. Senior researcher Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, 1996-1999. Care adviser Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Geneva, 1999—2001.

Responsible officer for Africa department Human Immunodeficiency Virus World Health Organization, since 2001.

Achievements

• Badara Samb has been listed as a noteworthy physician, public health specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases.

Interests

• Fishing.

Connections

Son of; married Marie-Emmanuelle Ezan, November 30, 1990. Children: Yatma, Cécile-Diama, Lukaz Lamine.

Father:

Cheikh Son

Mother:

Diama (Gueye) Son

Spouse:

Marie-Emmanuelle Ezan

child:

Lukaz Lamine Samb

child:

Cécile-Diama Samb

child:

Yatma Samb