Halidou Tinto

Halidou Tinto is a Professor of parasitology and global health scientist with research that has contributed to understanding and combating malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tinto founded the Clinical Research Unit of Nanaro (CRUN) in Burkina Faso as part of the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS). Tinto is now the Regional Director of the IRSS, and throughout his career he has contributed to the study of antimalarial drug resistance and the development of malaria vaccines.

Tinto grew up in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but continued his professional studies across various countries. Tinto attended the University of Mali to study pharmacy, before obtaining  a master's degree in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. Briefly leaving the continent of Africa, Halidou Tinto went on to pursue his PhD at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. Provided by Wikipedia