Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilient infrastructure

Role: Research assistant, Sierra Leone
Project: Following the flows: Understanding local delivery of climate finance for autonomous and planned adaptation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Affiliation: Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
ORCID ID: N/A
Email: ndenematambabrima@gmail.com

Tamba Brima Ndanema is a dedicated public health researcher and practitioner with a foundation in health systems strengthening, disease surveillance, and community-based research. He holds a Master of Public Health and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Public Health from Njala University. His professional background reflects an interdisciplinary commitment to improving health and environmental outcomes through evidence-based research that reflects community needs.

His experience across health, environmental, and social research shows his commitment to strengthening healthcare systems and promoting social justice. He currently serves as a Research Officer at the National Public Health Agency. There, he supports the design and implementation of public health research, contributes to disease surveillance and outbreak-related investigations, assists with data analysis and interpretation, and develops research protocols and technical reports. All of which helps to generate evidence to inform policy and public health decision-making. 

Beyond technical research, he has experience in mentorship, outreach, training, and stakeholder coordination. His earlier work as a field officer involved supporting developmental programmes, facilitating training, and serving as a link between organizations and communities. This combination of public health research, field implementation, and stakeholder engagement positions him as a professional committed not only to disease control and health service improvement, but also to addressing the broader social and environmental conditions that shape health and wellbeing.  In the Imperial-SLURC Learning Alliance, he served as an intern working on locally led adaptation processes in three informal settlements of Freetown.