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Dr Anna Afferri

Senior Research Fellow in Global Health

School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied & Public Health

Anna is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Allied and Public Health Professions.

I am a Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist with over two decades of experience in international development settings. I have provided clinical, health programme management, and SRH consultancy for many international funders including United Nations, USAID, DIFD, and several non-governmental organisations.I hold an Honorary Research Associate at the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.I am currently a Senior Research Fellow at CCCU.

My research interest focused on SRHR policymaking, particularly infertility and fertility care in low and middle-income countries, implementing mixed-methods and systematic approaches.

Research Projects

  • Assess the determinants of care seeking among populations with infertility: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Researcher(s): Dr Anna Afferri, Professor Julie Balen. [Project]

Research Supervisor

  • Breaking the Silence: A qualitative and participatory study on Gender Transformative Approaches to Fertility Care in The Gambia, West Africa.. Researcher(s): Ms Fatou Baldeh. Supervisor(s): Dr Anna Afferri, Professor Julie Balen. [Postgraduate Research Project]