Current Position
EPR Hub Coordinator/Dakar, WHO
Background
Prof. Thierno Baldé is currently leading the newly established WHO Regional Emergency Hub of Dakar which covers 27 countries of West and Central Africa. Before that, he was the team lead for operational partnerships within the Emergency Program of the WHO Regional office for Africa. Thierno Baldé started his professional career with academic and research institutions in Canada, then worked for the government of Quebec (Canada) before joining the Canadian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross.
Experience
He led the implementation of major WHO global partnerships initiatives in emergencies such as the EMTs, the GOARN, the Health clusters. He has also built and led a network of regional operational partners composed of over 60 organizations including sub-regional organizations, donors and CSO partners to support the response to public health emergencies in Africa. In addition, Dr. Baldé has led in-country and regional emergency operations as in-country and regional incident manager for almost all major public health emergencies which have occurred in Africa over the past years such as cholera, Ebola, Lassa Fever, COVID-19, public health consequences of cyclones and other humanitarian crisis.
Expertise
In addition to his work and interest on the management of medical and public health emergencies, Dr. Baldé is also a professor of global public health at the school of public health of the University of Montreal in Canada and many other universities around the World.
Education
Prof. Baldé is a medical doctor trained in France and Guinea. He holds a master’s in management of health services and a PhD degree in Organization of Health Care Services at the faculty of Medicine of University of Montreal.
