Sara Werkneh is a public health professional with seven years of experience in the Eritrean Ministry of Health where she worked in non-communicable diseases prevention and control.

She is a CSLA scholar and has a Master’s degree in public health with a specialization in Epidemiology from EHESP in Paris, France in 2021.

She has experience in research, public health analysis, and hands-on epidemiology.  Furthermore, she has an interest in Global Health and finding solutions to public health problems with an emphasis on LMICs.

Sara is the co-author of a forthcoming book on non-communicable diseases.

She Joined GAFFI in October 2021 as an intern and she is working on the ongoing survey on access to diagnostics and treatment as well as modelling of fungal diseases.