Cheikh Mbacke Faye

Cheikh is currently the Head of the APHRC West Africa Regional Office, based in Dakar, Senegal. He is leading the Countdown 2030 Initiative for APHRC, a multi-institution collaborative that calls for the accountability of governments and development partners; identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions for universal coverage of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.

He completed a Ph.D. in Public Health in 2019 from the University of Witwatersrand- South Africa and holds a Master’s degree in Statistics (2001) from the Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology in Algiers, Algeria.