Leonie Claudine Lougué Sorgho

Leonie Claudine Lougué Sorgho

Minister of Health, Burkina Faso; GFF Investors Group Co-chair

Professor Lougue Sorgho currently serves as the Minister of Health of Burkina Faso and before that was the Directorate of the Health Science and Research Unit at the University of Ouagadougou (UFR/SDS). Hon. Prof. Lougue Sorgho was a professor and very active in the academic field and has occupied several high positions as Head of the Educational Unit of UFR/SDS and Director of the UNESCO Chair, “Gender, Women, Sciences, Society and Sustainable Development” of Universities, Institutes and Research Centers at the University of Ouagadougou. Hon. Prof. Lougue Sorgho has a holistic experience of the different levels of health system. Earlier in her career, Hon. Prof. Lougue Sorgho served as District Medical Officer in rural zones of Burkina Faso allowing her to touch the reality of planning, implementing and monitoring primary health care.