Damien Foundation
Michel Sawadogo has extensive experience in public health and tuberculosis control, currently serving as Assistant Technique at Action Damien since September 2008, focusing on planning, monitoring, and evaluation of tuberculosis and leprosy programs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Burundi. Previously, from October 2002 to August 2008, Michel was a Médecin Santé Publique at the Programme National Tuberculose, where responsibilities included supervision and evaluation of tuberculosis control efforts, particularly concerning co-infections like TB/HIV and MDR-TB. Michel holds a Doctorate in Medicine from Université Médicale Bogomolets de Kiev and a DES from Université Libre de Bruxelles, along with a BAC from Collège de Tounouma.
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Damien Foundation
Damien Foundation is a Belgian medical non-profit organisation that works to assist people who have leprosy, tuberculosis or other diseases that particularly affect the most vulnerable communities around the world. We actively screen patients, often in the most remote regions of the world. We help them recover and provide essential socio-economic support for the most vulnerable. We are also involved in scientific research, raising public awareness, fighting against the stigmatisation associated with these diseases, and training local staff. Damien Foundation has over a thousand employees. In Belgium, but mainly in Africa, in Asia and in Latin America. 99% of our staff is local. They know their country like no other and can teach us a lot. We act independently and take a long-term approach in our work. Nevertheless, we pass the baton on to the local teams as soon as they have the knowledge and resources needed to meaningfully tackle these diseases.