Joseph Bangura

Program Manager for CHAMPS BO/ COMSA
Location: Sierra Leone

Joseph is a self-motivated Public Health and Preventive Medicine expert with more than 18 years of experience in public health practice. At World Hope, Joseph coordinates all Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)/COMSA activities in Bo. Prior to World Hope, Joseph was Technical Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Team in Bombali District Northern Sierra Leone. Prior to this, Joseph worked as a Project Coordinator, Global Collaboration to Improve Patient Safety Management in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone for China Medical Board and Central South University PRC.  Joseph has a strong background in health-related research with publications in international journals. Joseph also worked as Regional Coordinator-North, in the Community Health Workers (CHW) Program in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone. Joseph holds a Bachelor Degree in Public Health; a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) specialized in medicine; and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, major in Epidemiology and Health Statistics at the Central South University, China.