Moses Banda Aron is a public health statistician with over 10 years of experience in Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Research. He holds a BSc in Statistics from the University of Malawi and a Master of Public Health from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel. Moses is a final-year PhD student at the University of Hamburg in Germany, affiliated with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. Currently, Moses works as a Research and Impact Manager at Partners In Health Malawi. His research interests include Snakebite Envenoming and the impact of climate change on Health. 

Moses' African Snakebite Alliance project will involve conducting a nationwide assessment of snakebite burden in Malawi. He aims to understand the spatial distribution of the burden of snakebites across Malawi, based on hospital records, and identify hospitals that would be suitable for snakebite treatment and antivenom storage centres to create policy recommendations for strategically storing antivenom in already limited resources. Additionally, Moses will collect prospective snakebite data from five selected hospitals over a one-year period.

Dr Beth Tippett Barr is an epidemiologist based in Malawi with over two decades of experience in public health programmes and research across Southern and Eastern Africa. In 2022, she founded the Nyanja Health Research Institute to lead impactful research and mentor early- and mid-career scientists in knowledge translation and dissemination.

Her African Snakebite Alliance project, Snakebite in Africa: Know the Epidemiology (SNAKE), will assess snakebite incidence and outcomes in five countries: Malawi, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia, and Burkina Faso. By utilising existing Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites, the project will generate robust, standardised, population-based data to inform national estimates and enhance local research capacity through embedded mentorship at participating sites

Dr Rita Salifu is a Lecturer and Postgraduate Coordinator in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the School of Public Health, C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ghana. She holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. With over 20 years of experience, her research spans HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, and neglected tropical diseases. In 2021, Dr. Salifu was awarded an Early Career Grant by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to research the accessibility and availability of snake antivenom.

Dr Salifu’s African Snakebite Alliance project will explore how snakebite envenoming affects women’s livelihoods in rural communities near Mole National Park. Focusing on shea nut and honey producers, she will investigate their exposure to snakebites, their knowledge and practices regarding prevention, and the economic impact of snakebites. By highlighting gendered health vulnerabilities, the research aims to guide policies that protect at-risk women, strengthen local health systems, and promote sustainable development in Ghana and similar regions.

Dr Nathanael Sirili is a Senior Lecturer in Health Systems and Policy at the School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania. He holds a PhD in Public Health from Umeå University, Sweden, and has over ten years of experience in academia, research, and consultancy. His work focuses on strengthening health systems, primary healthcare, community health, and policy analysis, and he has led projects supported by Sida, UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank. To date, he has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and supervises a diverse range of postgraduate students. Since 2021, he has been a principal investigator for a project on the Village Emergency Care Model in rural Tanzania. 

Dr Sirili’s African Snakebite Alliance project aims to improve snakebite outcomes in rural Tanzania through the Community-Integrated Snakebite Surveillance and Response Model (CISS-RM). This community-based research initiative will co-create a culturally responsive, technology-driven approach to enhance surveillance, identify high-burden areas, and reduce care delays. The model will integrate community health workers, traditional healers, and frontline healthcare providers using a mobile app and emergency transport systems. 

Dr. Solomon T. Wafula is a Public Health Lecturer and Research Fellow at Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda. With over a decade of expertise in neglected tropical diseases research, community health systems, and participatory intervention designs, he has made significant contributions to addressing public health challenges in resource-limited settings. Dr. Wafula holds a BSc in Environmental Health from Makerere University, a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester (UK), a Master of Epidemiology from the University of Antwerp (Belgium), and a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Hamburg (Germany). His research interests encompass tropical diseases (including snakebite envenoming), environmental health and climate change, implementation science, and health systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries and have published over 70 articles. In 2021, Dr. Wafula was awarded an Early Career Grant by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to study healthcare workers’ Proficiency and Quality of Management for Snakebites in Arua and Gulu Districts in Uganda. In 2025, Dr. Wafula received the Drs. Anvar and Pari Velji Young African Leader Award for his exceptional commitment to improving the well-being of individuals in low-income settings

His project, titled Strengthening Early Snakebite Response through a Community Co-Developed Intervention, is a planned pragmatic cluster randomized trial set to be implemented in Uganda's high-burden districts for snakebite incidents. This will involve collaborating with snakebite survivors, Community Health Workers (CHWs), and traditional healers to co-design targeted interventions that enhance first aid knowledge, accelerate early response mechanisms, and streamline referral pathways to formal healthcare facilities. Key components of the project include i) comprehensive training programs for CHWs on snakebite recognition, immediate care, and emergency protocols, ii) Survivor-led education sessions to share personal experiences and promote community awareness, iii) myth-busting campaigns to dispel harmful misconceptions about snakebite treatment and prevention and iv) Hotspot mapping to identify high-risk areas and inform targeted resource deployment.

Mawuli Leslie Aglanu is a public health researcher with collaborations across multidisciplinary research teams in Africa and Europe. He is a Research Fellow at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Ghana and the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany. He also serves as a Scientific Officer with the African Research Network on Neglected Tropical Diseases, supporting regional research coordination and evidence translation. Mawuli is finalising his PhD at the University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the epidemiology, health systems and policy analysis related to NTDs and other public health threats in low-resource settings.

Mawuli’s African Snakebite Alliance project titled “Bridging treatment PATHways: Collaboration with Traditional Healers and Healthcare Workers for Integrated SNAKEbite Management (SNAKE-PATH)” aims to develop a community of practice through telehealth by linking traditional healers, community health workers and physicians to collaborate and promote early referral and appropriate snakebite management practices for effective treatment. The project will empower communities, strengthen responsiveness, and advance behaviour change that promotes positive health outcomes for snakebite patients.

A Physician Assistant and Field Epidemiologist with over 14 years of clinical experience in the Ghana Health Service. He is currently based in the Bono Region of Ghana, where he supports outbreak response and disease surveillance activities as part of the public health system’s efforts to detect and respond to emerging health threats. He holds an MPhil in Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control from the University of Ghana and is a graduate of the Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (GFELTP). Additionally, he has an MSc in Occupational Safety and Health Risk Management and a BSc in Physician Assistantship. His multidisciplinary training combines clinical practice, epidemiology, and health systems risk management, enabling him to contribute to both patient care and population-level health interventions. 

Driven by his personal experience as a snakebite survivor and his frontline work in high-burden rural districts, Jamin is committed to addressing systemic failures that impact patient outcomes. His African Snakebite Alliance project focuses on assessing operational gaps across the snakebite envenoming management pathway in rural Ghana. He aims to generate high-quality, policy-relevant evidence on operational gaps in snakebite envenoming management across the patient care process in rural Ghana to inform systemic policy, resource allocation, and implementation strategies to strengthen and improve patient care.

A UK-trained Emergency Medicine Consultant (FRCEM) and Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine based at Pwani University, Kenya whose work focuses on strengthening emergency and critical care systems in low- and middle-income countries through clinical care, research, simulation training, and health systems development. 

He leads initiatives in emergency care training, resuscitation, trauma, and point-of-care ultrasound, and is involved in grant-funded projects focused on improving early recognition of clinical deterioration and escalation of care in resource-limited hospitals. Dr Bahra has published on artificial intelligence, imaging, and emergency medicine education with contributions to global academic collaborations linking African and European institutions to support training and research.

 As an African Snakebite Environmental Health Fellow, his work will focus on improving recognition, clinical management, and health system responses to snakebite envenoming through research, clinician training, and community awareness to help address this neglected tropical disease.

A lecturer and a researcher at the University of Eswatini with a background in wildlife physiology and disease ecology. Her research interests include snake ecology, environmental health, and the interactions between wildlife, ecosystems, and human communities, with a particular focus on factors that influence snakebite risk in rural settings and high-risk environments. She is interested in research that combines ecological understanding with public health approaches to improve community safety and health outcomes.

Her work within the African Snakebite Alliance is focused on rural snakebite prevention through identifying environmental and community-level risk factors associated with snakebite exposure in high-risk environments. The project aims to support the development of practical prevention strategies, community awareness initiatives, and evidence-based interventions to reduce snakebite incidence in underserved rural communities.

A lecturer in the Center for One Health at the University of Global Health Equity, with a background in Environmental Health Science and a master's degree in Global Health Delivery, One Health track. His work sits at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health, with a growing focus on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

Kenny has experience in human-centered design, digital health innovation, and predictive disease modeling. In 2024, he was recognized at the 3rd Rwanda Health Research and Policy Conference for his work on predictive modeling of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years.

His interest in Snakebite Envenomation (SBE) was sparked during field school in his master's program, where he witnessed firsthand the critical gaps in antivenom availability. Health facilities either lacking stock entirely or not having the appropriate recommended antivenom. This experience cemented his commitment to NTDs as a critical and often overlooked frontier in global health equity. Through his academic role and research, Kenny's overarching goal is to advance evidence-based solutions that strengthen health systems and promote equity.