Profile
of the national co-ordinator, Dr Seydou Touré
 Dr Seydou Touré, MD, MPH has gained wide experience in the implementation
of health programmes during his career as an officer of the Burkina Faso
Ministry of Health. His many roles have included Coordinator of a research
project on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Hygiene in collaboration with the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Later on, as Coordinator of the
National Control Programme on Diarrhoeal diseases and Acute Respiratory
Infections, he worked closely with USAID and PSI. More recently, as Regional
Director of Health, he has also been responsible for the implementation of a
project on reproductive health for the UNPF. Since June 2002 he has been the
national coordinator of the Schistosomiasis Control Programme. In
collaboration with SCI and Imperial College, the objective of Dr Touré is to
make Praziquantel and Albendazole available for all burkinabe children so
that in the future picking flowers in the water will no longer be a risk.
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