Biography:
Dr. Leontine Kouemou Sinda (PA, MS and PhD) is the Founder/CEO of Saint Leonard Health and Research Foundation (SLHERF) and Founder/Rector of SLHERF University Institute Limbe, Cameroon. She is also the Team Leader of mobile rural health partners: Humanitarian Without Borders of Saint Leonard Health and Research Foundation Cameroon. A Licensed Physician Assistant and Infectious Diseases Specialist from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, she is also an Expert in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action from IRIC, University of Yaoundé 2. Her research focuses on hospital-acquired MRSA, antimicrobial resistance, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Cameroon.
She is a dedicated community team worker with a strong focus on giving back to underserved, less privileged, and remote communities, with the aim of empowering more youths, women, and children in Cameroon and Africa through health, education, entrepreneurship, and skills acquisition. Her vision emphasizes equal access to quality primary healthcare and higher education for all, as well as justice, peace, and sustainable development in Africa. With SLHERF’s multidisciplinary team, Dr. Leontine Kouemou Sinda has strategically created an integrated, sustainable, and decentralized model that could revolutionize both healthcare capacity and delivery to the most vulnerable, while elevating local nurses to provide care within remote communities. Through this initiative, she lays a foundation for a continuously expanding community-based health system.
Title : Assessment of vaccine hesitancy to a COVID-19 vaccine in Cameroonian adults and its global implication