Dansira Soulakha Moussou Dembélé

Dansira Soulakha Moussou Dembélé is a knowledge management and communication (KMC) specialist on the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) in Mali. Her responsibilities include the design, implementation, and management of the knowledge management and communications strategy, advancing the project’s vision, mission, and mandate by utilizing various media formats targeting a variety of audiences. She is an information and communications specialist with 11 years of experience and started her career as a journalist before moving on to development and scientific research in Mali and the West African region. She is experienced in the design and promotion of project-oriented and scientific content. She has worked for Blumont, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Oxfam in Mali. Dansira holds a degree in English studies from the University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis at Mostaganem, Algeria. She is also a Mandela Washington Fellowship – Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) alumni having graduated with a degree in civic leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dansira is Malian and speaks fluent French, English and Bambara (the national language of Mali.)