AISSATA BA YAHYA – Minister Counsellor at the Presidency of the Republic

BIOGRAPHY

Name: Aissata Ba Yahya
Date of Birth: 25/08/1967
Marital status: Married
Nationality: Mauritanian

Training
2020-2022: Master 2 in Public Health at the Institute of Health and Development option monitoring and evaluation at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar
1996-2000: Certificate of Special Studies in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Final thesis: The place of ultrasound in the diagnosis of gynecological pelvic masses.
1995 😀 degree of Doctor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) on the subject 😀 bacteriological diagnosis of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in HIV+ subjects.
1987-1994: PCEM1, PCEM2, DCEM1, DCEM2, DCEM3, DCEM4, internship and doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine of Abidjan.
1986-1987: Baccalaureate at the National High School of Nouakchott

Experiences

05 August 2024 She was appointed Minister Counsellor at the Presidency of the Republic.
2022-ongoing: President of the Mauritanian Association SOS Femmes Rurales (AMSFR)
2018-2019: Director of Basic Health and Nutrition (DSBN), Ministry of Health, Nouakchott, under his supervision: Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Mental Health Program,
Regional Health Directorate, Expanded Programme on Immunization,Health Education
2009-2018: Director of the Mother and Child Hospital Center of Nouakchott
Establishment of the hospital, equipment, operation of services,

Management of the Hospital CentreIntegration of several services:
• UNFPA FP Service Management Unit, Integration of sickle cell disease into management protocols / Health South
• Medical and surgical management unit for obstetric fistula with psycho-social support for patients / UNFPA
• Unit for the treatment of violence against women, psycho-social support, and medical and surgical care
• Cleft lip palate management unit, / Smile Train
Start of audit activities of maternal and perinatal deaths with ASMAGO at the CHME (audit of all maternal deaths occurring in hospitals in Nouakchott and the interior) with follow-up of recommendations at the hospital level by ASMAGO.
2016-2017: President of the Maghreb Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics
2014-2017: President of the Mauritanian Association of Obstetric Gynecologists
2007–2009: Obstetrician gynecologist at the National Hospital of Nouakchott, Maternity Department.
2003-2007: Founding President of the Mauritanian Association SOS Femmes Rurales (AMSFR)
• Establishment of the association,
• Identification of projects
• Projects: Fistula campaigns (Ministry of Health), awareness-raising on FGM, child marriage and sickle cell disease, firewall project (UNDP), implementation of the drilling project (Outside), coordination of civil society CSOs on SR;
2006-2001: Obstetrician-gynaecologist at Sheikh Zayed Hospital maternity department

Medical and other skills
• Management of sterility of the couple
• Ultrasound
• Colposcopy and cervical cancer screening
• Monitoring and management of high-risk pregnancies
• Computing
• At the associative level: President of the association
• Mauritanian “SOS Rural Woman”
• Honorary member of the French College of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Languages
Arabic: very well read, spoken, written
French: very well read, spoken, written
English: medium level
Fulani: mother tongue, very well read, spoken, written
Wolof: medium level