A Tunisian expert caused a sensation on the international health scene. The School of Public Health from Brown University Recently highlighted the researcher and pharmacist Sana Masmoudi, praised for her innovative role in the transformation of biosecurity policies. Member of the prestigious Biosecurity Game Changers program of the University, she is one of the eight global experts selected to build the next generation of responses to organic crises.
A local vision for a global issue
Rather than applying standardized models, Sana Masmoudi pleads for an approach decentralized and adapted to the realities of each country. It criticizes the descending approach to international institutions and insists on the need for sustainable funding and solid regulatory executives, designed locally. “You cannot put a program designed in Geneva or Washington on the reality of Tunis or Dakar,” she explains, highlighting the importance of specific contexts.
Training and impact
At the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, where she works, she has already initiated biosecurity procedures and trained the pilot laboratories. As part of her Brown purse, she collaborates with leading organizations such as Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on the initiative “100 Days Mission”which aims to develop a vaccine in less than 100 days in the event of a new pandemic. It also promotes the adoption of the standard ISO 35001 To strengthen the management of biological risks in the laboratory.
Thanks to its “Train-the-Trainer” approach, certified by the World Health Organization (WHO), it ensures that skills are multiplying in low-resources countries. His commitment aims to ensure that young scientists in the South are not only trained, but become real decision -makers on the world scene.
A silent influence model
Although biosecurity remains a marginal concern in Tunisia, the impact of Sana Masmoudi is felt internationally. His journey illustrates how the rigorthere vision and the consistency A scientist can break the codes, proving that a silent Tunisia can be an influential force capable of weighing on global choices.
The United States Embassy in Tunisia pays tribute to a Tunisian scientist
