Dr Alfred B. Tiono

Dr Alfred B. Tiono is an MD with a PhD degree in Epidemiology. He is the former head of the public health department of the Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme (CNRFP). Dr Tiono has been working in the field of malaria research for more than 2 decades and has been a frequent contributor to the Burkina Faso national malaria control programme. His current research interests involve clinical evaluation of new tools for malaria control (such as malaria vaccines candidates, antimalarials drugs, and bed nets) as well as epidemiological studies aiming to increase understanding the dynamics of malaria transmission. Dr Tiono is a UK Medical Research Council and the UK Department for International Development awardee of African Research Leadership.

Dr Tiono is also a member of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group since 2020.