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Brahima Amara Diallo

Post Doctoral Researcher

Nutrition

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1486-3926
  • Post Doctoral Researcher
    Nutrition
  • Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit, Nutrition and Planetary Health, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, Banjul, Other / None, 273, Gambia

BIO

Dr. Brahima A. Diallo is a medical anthropologist. His initial research focused on understanding women's lived experiences of pregnancy and childbirth, local childbearing practices, how these contribute to shaping the utilisation behaviour of maternal health services in health facilities, and how local health systems respond to women's health needs during pregnancy and childbirth. He conducted health system research as part of the PRECISE/DYAD project (consortium of researchers to conduct large multi-country pregnancy cohort of placental disorders) to assess the delivery and utilisation of emergency obstetric care services in rural Gambia.
His current research deals with non-communicable diseases, specifically hypertension. He is part of a multidisciplinary team (NIHR group on Improving Hypertension Control in Rural Africa) to develop, implement, and evaluate a community-centred intervention to detect, treat, and control hypertension in rural Gambia and Kenya. This study is part of a larger.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Postdoctoral researcher
    Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit, Banjul, Gambia14 Jan 2019 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant lecturer
    University of Bamako, Sociology and Anthropology, Bamako, Mali7 Nov 2011 - 30 Jul 2013

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany7 Apr 2014 - 30 Nov 2018
  • MSc
    University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway10 Aug 2009 - 30 Jun 2011

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Bambara
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Burkina Faso
  • Gambia
  • Mali
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES