New visitor at CeBIL - Ibrahim F. Kamara
Dr Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara is a medical doctor, public health specialist, and researcher who works as the Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition technical officer at the World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone. Dr Kamara holds a Master’s degree in International Public Health (MSc-IPH) a Post Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTMH) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone.
Dr Kamara has extensive experience in both clinical and public health settings and is skilled in team building, strategic planning, and inter-agency collaboration. He was part of the WHO Ebola Response during the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak and the COVID-19 Response in Sierra Leone. Dr Kamara also has experience in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Infection Prevention and Control having served as an antimicrobial resistance operational research fellow at the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone and has published several articles on these topics in prestigious open-access peer-reviewed journals.
He is passionate about implementing proven public health interventions and initiatives to ensure that children and adolescents not only survive but thrive and contribute to the transformative agenda. Furthermore, he is keen on bringing adolescents and young people on board in the fight against AMR. He believes in the principles of hard work, commitment, and dedication to providing solutions to global public health threats like AMR and infectious diseases including pandemics.