DR ETSE DITRI SALLAH
KEY FACTS
Position
International consultant and ICHESS focal point in Chad, with the Ministry of Public Health – Global Fund-financed community health work (since June 2023)
Experience
27+ years with UNICEF, Médecins du Monde and Espoir Vie Togo
Education
Doctor of Medicine – University of Lomé, Togo
Master of Public Health – University of Roehampton, London, UK
Public health and health promotion – Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, France
Parasitic and tropical diseases – Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris VI, France
Countries
Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia, Liberia, DRC, Togo, Tanzania
Languages
French and English (fluent)
Core expertise
- Community health systems strengthening, iCCM/IMCI and community participation structures
- Costed community health operational plans, sustainable financing and investment mapping (RMET)
- HIV and malaria prevention and control, including PMTCT and decentralized HIV care
- Health in emergencies: epidemics (Ebola, plague, cholera, COVID-19) and conflict settings
- Programme management, monitoring and evaluation, including LQAS surveys
Career highlights
- ICHESS / Global Fund – focal point in Chad (since 2023): community health maturity assessment 2024 validated by the Global Fund and endorsed by the Ministry; costed operational plans 2024 and 2025; mapping of community health investments 2025
- UNICEF Chad – Community Health Specialist, Guéra province (2022–2023): iCCM/IMCI, CHW tools and database aligned with the national community health strategic plan 2021–2025
- UNICEF Cameroon – Health Specialist, Health in Emergencies, North-West and South-West regions (2019–2021)
- Médecins du Monde – Head of Mission in Burkina Faso, Liberia (Ebola) and Tanzania; medical and programme coordinator in the DRC, Liberia, Tanzania and Madagascar (2003–2019)
OFFICIAL CV
- Work experience
- Education & publications
- 2023 – present · International consultant, ICHESS focal point in Chad – Ministry of Public Health
- 2022 – 2023 · Community Health Specialist, UNICEF Chad (Mongo sub-office, Guéra)
- 2019 – 2021 · Health Specialist (Health in Emergencies), UNICEF Cameroon (Buea sub-office)
- 2018 – 2019 · General Coordinator (Head of Mission), Médecins du Monde, Burkina Faso; plague epidemic programme coordinator, Madagascar (2018–2019)
- 2012 – 2016 · Medical Coordinator, then General Coordinator (Head of Mission), Médecins du Monde, Liberia
- 2007 – 2012 · Medical Coordinator and General Coordinator, Médecins du Monde, Tanzania; Country Medical Coordinator, DRC
- 2003 – 2007 · HIV Technical Advisor, then Programme Coordinator, Médecins du Monde, Goma (DRC)
- 1996 – 2003 · Physician; medical referent doctor, Espoir Vie Togo (Lomé) – contributed to Togo’s PMTCT guidelines (2003)
- Doctor of Medicine – University of Lomé (former University of Benin), Togo
- Master of Public Health – University of Roehampton, London, UK
- Degree in public health and health promotion, developing countries option – Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, France
- Degree in parasitic and tropical diseases – Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Paris VI, France
- Health systems strengthening – University of Melbourne, Nossal Institute and UNICEF; communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies – WHO Geneva
- Publications: risk factors for cholera among displaced persons in northern Somalia (2018); decentralization of HIV care in Kagera, Tanzania (ICASA 2011); beneficiary satisfaction in an integrated HIV programme in Goma (2008)
Let’s Work Together
We welcome collaboration with ministries of health, development partners, donors and research institutions. Contact us to explore how our expertise in health systems strengthening, epidemiological modeling and real-time monitoring can support your programs.
CONTACT
Mon – Fri, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
+243 822 325 425
info@ichess-us.org
OFFICE ADDRESS
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Gombe, Kinshasa – DRC
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