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Tairou Fassiatou
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2025
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About me
Epidemiologist and public health specialist, with research interests in malaria and maternal and child health, expertise in research coordination, data management and analysis, and peer-reviewed publication to drive evidence-based health interventions.
Fassiatou TAIROU is an experienced epidemiologist with over a decade of expertise in congenital diseases, climate change, malaria, and maternal, child, and adolescent health. She has a proven track record in implementing and coordinating public health projects, leading large-scale surveys and clinical trials, and managing complex datasets for impactful analysis. Her work includes conducting literature reviews and contributing to peer-reviewed publications. She has demonstrated ability to lead and support multidisciplinary research initiatives, using analytical insights to inform strategic decisions and improve health outcomes.
Degrees:
2006
Master Other
Publications resulting from Research
Assane Ndiaye, Camille Morlighem, Aminata Niang Diène, Moussa Kane, Abdoulaye Diallo, Fassiatou Tairou, Mohamed Abderemane Nourdine, Pape Cheikh Sarr, Lassana Konaté, Ousmane Faye, Oumar Gaye, El Hadji Ama-dou Niang, Catherine Linard and Ousmane Sy. Spatiotemporal analysis of Anopheles gambiae larval sites and malaria transmission in Djilakh, Central Senegal. Malar J 24, 167 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05388-5
Manga IA, Mhadji A, Lam A, Diouf MP, Minlekib PC, Tairou F, Seck A, Faye B, Ndiaye M, Ndiaye JLA. Asymptomatic carriage of Plasmodium falciparum in children no longer targeted for seasonal malaria chemoprevention and with a history of exposure to this strategy: A cross sectional study in southern Senegal. PLoS One. 2025 Mar 25;20(3):e0318037. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318037. PMID: 40131971; PMCID: PMC11936201
Tairou F, Gaye I, Herrera S, Nawaz S, Sarr L, Cisse ́ B, et al. (2024). Malaria prevalence and use of control measures in an area with persistent transmission in Senegal. PloS ONE 19(5): e0303794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0303794
Diouf MP, Kande S, Oboh MA, Manga IA, Tairou F, Seck A, Diallo A, Lo AC, Sow D, Sylla K, Ndiaye M, Tine RC, Faye B, Merle C, Amambua-Ngwa A, Miligan P, Ndiaye JA. Prevalence of Malaria Infection in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Southern Senegal. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jan 2;110(2):214-219. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0164. PMID: 38167431; PMCID: PMC10859798.
D M DY, Tata DT, Jobarteh ML, Ndulu Ndolo R, Banjara SK, Augustine LF, Manne M, Kulkarni B, Diop A, Tairou F, Fatou Ndiaye Diop C, Faye B, Fahmida U, Htet MK, Zahra NL, Sudibya ARP, Naab F, Harder MK, Knott CV, Waddington HS, Heffernan C. Monitoring the progress and impact of a multicountry, interdisciplinary research project on childhood stunting: the UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub MEL protocol. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jul 20;8(Suppl 1):e002428. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002428. PMID: 39032937; PMCID: PMC11664339.
Conway-Moore K, Tetsa Tata D, Wood P, Katerinchuk V, Yadav DMD, Augustine LF, Munikumar M, Diop A, Tairou F, Jobarteh ML, Kulkarni B, Faye B, Haggarty P, Heffernan C. Developing a data repository to support interdisciplinary research into childhood stunting: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jun 5;8(Suppl 1):e002443. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002443. PMID: 38843904; PMCID: PMC11163590.
Tine R, Herrera S, Badji MA, Daniels K, Ndiaye P, Smith Gueye C, Tairou F, Slutsker L, Hwang J, Ansah E, Littrell M; Malaria Operational Research Prioritization Partnership. Defining operational research priorities to improve malaria control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa: results from a country-driven research prioritization setting process. Malar J. 2023 Jul 30;22(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04654-8. PMID: 37517990; PMCID: PMC10387205.
Tairou F, Nawaz S, Tahita MC, Herrera S, Faye B, Tine RCK (2022) Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among adolescents living in an area of persistent transmission in Senegal: Results from a cross sectional study. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0274656. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274656
Manga IA, Tairou F, Seck A et al. Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention administered in a mass campaign in the Kedougou region of Senegal in 2016: a case-control study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] Wellcome Open Research 2022, 7:216 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18057.1
MANGA IA, BA MS, Tairou F et al. Malaria parasite carriage before and two years after the implemen- tationof seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a case study of the Saraya health district, southern Senegal [version 1; peer review:awaiting peer review] Wellcome Open Research 2022, 7:179 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17888.1First published: 05 Jul 2022, 7:179 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17888.1
Tairou, F., Diallo, A., Sy, O., Kone A., Manga IA et al. Malaria-associated risk factors among adolescents living in areas with persistent transmission in Senegal: a case–control study. Malar J 21, 193 (2022). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35725475/
Lelo S, Ly F, Lam A, Fall CB, Manga I, Tairou F, et al. (2021) Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Stool Samples by Microscopy and Real-Time PCR in Children with Vulnerable Living Conditions in Dakar, Senegal. J Bacteriol Parasitol. 12: 398. DOI:10.35248/2155-9597.21.12.398
Sy, O., Niang, E., Diallo, A., Ndiaye, A., Konaté, L., Ba, E., Tairou, F., Cissé, B., Gaye, O., Milligan, P., & Faye, O. (2019). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a targeted community-based IRS approach for malar-ia elimination in an area of low malaria transmission of the central-western Senegal. Parasite epidemi-ology and control, 6, e00109. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6529714/
Sy O, Niang EHA, Ndiaye M, Konaté L, Diallo A, Ba ECC, Tairou F, Diouf E, Cissé B, Gaye O, Faye O. Ento-mological impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl: a pilot study in an area of low malaria transmission in Senegal. Malar J. 2018 Feb 5;17(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2212-x. PMID: 29402274; PMCID: PMC5800081.
Sy O, Cisse B, Tairou F, Diallo A, Ba E, Gomis JF, NDiaye JL, Konaté L, Gaye O, Milligan P, Faye O. Étude de l'acceptabilité de l'aspersion intradomiciliaire d'insecticide à effet rémanent dans le centre-ouest du Sénégal [Acceptability of indoor residual spraying in the Central-Western of Senegal]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2015 Aug;108(3):213-7. French. doi: 10.1007/s13149-015-0431-8. Epub 2015 Apr 14. PMID: 25877132.
Tairou F., De wals P., Bastide A. Validity of death certificates and, stillbirth certificates and hospital discharge summaries for the identification of neural tube defects in Quebec City. Chronic Dis Can 2006; 27(3):120-124. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17306063
De Wals P., Tairou F., Van Allen M.I., Uh S.H., Lowry R.B., Sibbald B., et al. Reductions in neural-tube defects after folic acid fortification in Canada. N Engl J Med 2007; 357(2):135-142. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17625125
De Wals P., Van Allen M.I., Lowry R.B., Evans J.A., Van den Hof M.C., Crowley M., Tairou F., et al. Impact of folic acid food fortification on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2008; 82(2):106-109. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18050337
De Wals P., Tairou F., Van Allen M.I., Uh S.H., Lowry R.B., Sibbald B., et al.Spina bifida before and after folic acid fortification in Canada. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2008; 82(9):622-626. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18655127
O. Sy, B. Cisse, F. Tairou, A. Diallo, E. Ba, J. F. Gomis, J. L. Ndiaye et al. Étude de l’acceptabilité de l’aspersion intradomiciliaire d’insecticide à effet rémanent dans le centre-ouest du Sénégal. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. April 2015
Seventh Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Conference
2025
Dakar, SenegalSeventh Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Conference
2025
Dakar, SenegalGerman Cancer Research Institute (DKFZ) Project Management Career Day
2025
Heidelberg, GermanyEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Science and Society conference
2025
Heidelberg, GermanyDELTAS Africa Scientific Conference
2025
Dakar, SenegalSeasonal Malaria Chemoprevention - Review & Planning Meeting
2025
Dakar, SenegalGlobal Forum on Women in Scientific Research
2025
Dakar, Senegal70th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
2025
Maryland, USA