Dr Anna Afferri

A seasoned sexual and reproductive health specialist with expertise in programme management and evaluation in low- and middle-income countries, a strong background in reproductive health systems, and academic and policy-relevant research on infertility and fertility care. Experienced in qualitative and quantitative methods, data interpretation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to inform impactful health programmes.

Afferri et al., 2026

Delayed, Fragmented, Inequitable: A Global Qualitative Systematic Synthesis of FertilityCare Pathways and Determinants. Human Reproduction Update https://academic.oup.com/humupd/advance-article/doi/10.1093/humupd/dmag031/8907195

Afferriet et al., 2024

Implementing fertility care: Insights from a participatory workshop in The Gambia. Reproduction & Fertility https://raf.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/raf/aop/raf-24-0029/raf-24-0029.xml

Afferri et al., 2024

Policy action points and approaches to promote fertility care in The Gambia: Findings from a mixed-methods study. Plos One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301700

Afferri et al., 2024

‘It’s about time’: policymakers’ and health practitioners' perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system. BMC Health Services Research.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10701-0

Balen, Afferri et al., 2023

The fertility care gap in the Global South: lessons from The Gambia, West Africa, and ways forward to establish fertility care for all. Global Reproductive Health 8(4): 8(4):e0073, Winter 2023. https://journals.lww.com/grh/fulltext/2023/10010/the_fertility_care_gap_in_the_global_south_.1.aspx?context=latestarticles10.1097/GRH.00000000000000732023

Bittaye, Mooney, Afferri et al.,2023

Introducing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in The Gambia: a survey on the perspectives of Gambian healthcare professionals and medical students. BMC Health Services Research

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09171-7

Afferri et al., 2022

Availability of services for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in The Gambia: a across-sectional survey of public and private facilities. BMC Health Services Research

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-022-08514-0

Afferri et al., 2022

Barriers and facilitators for the inclusion of fertility care into reproductive health policies in Africa: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Human Reproduction Update. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmab040