Observatory of New and Emerging Disease

Nissaf Bouafif ép Ben Alaya, MD, MSc. I received my medical degree from the faculty of Medicine of Tunis. I did my specialization in preventive medicine, public health, epidemiology and biostatistics at the faculty of Medicine of Tunis. I did a first Master Degree in Public Health at the University of Paris VI, Faculty of Medicine Pierre et Marie Curie, France and a second Master Degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and modeling at the University of Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France. I start my professional activity at the Pasteur Institute of Tunis as Specialist in preventive medicine working on the surveillance of leishmaniasis in Tunisia, then at University of Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France as Assistant Professor of epidemiology working on Nosocomial infection surveillance.  Back to Tunisia I was graduated to Assistant Professor at the faculty of Medicine of Tunis and Pasteur Institute of Tunis working on different research activities related to infectious diseases especially hepatitis and leishmaniasis. Since 2010 I was graduated as associated professor of preventive medicine and Epidemiology at the faculty of Medicine of Tunis and recruited as Deputy Director at the Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases. I was graduated as Director of Health surveillance since 2013 and as General Director of the Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases since July 2015. I am the Head of Preventive medicine and Epidemiology Department at the faculty of Medicine of Tunis since July 2014 and the coordinator of the Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Tunis Manar. I also coordinate training on Field Epidemiology since 2011 at national and regional level.

National Focal Point and Supervisor of MediPIET. Chair of the MediPIET Training Centres Forum.

Faculty of Medicine – University of Tunis

MediPIET fellow from Cohort 2 (2015-2017)

Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases

MediPIET fellow from Cohort 1 (2014-2016)

Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases

MediPIET fellow from Cohort 2 (2015-2017)

Respiratory Hospital Abderrahmen Mami of Ariana

MediPIET fellow from Cohort 2 (2015-2017)

National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases