Abass Yusuf Ph.D.

Abass Yusuf, PhD, MPH, currently serves as the Deputy Country Director at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) since January 2022. Previous roles include Programme Development and Funding Manager for West Africa at Christian Aid from February 2018 to January 2022, and Senior Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS at HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL from September 2014 to December 2017. Abass also held various positions focused on health systems strengthening and HIV/AIDS at Management Sciences for Health, as well as an Operations Officer role with DFID Support to the National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP). Early career experience includes research and community development roles in health-related projects. Abass holds a PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Walden University, a Master’s in Public Health from University College Cork, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biomedical Science from Kingston University.