Leah Anku Sanga

About

I’m a public health researcher and data analyst with a keen interest for evidence-based solutions that improve health outcomes especially in low-resource settings. If you share interests in global health, epidemiology, or data-driven policy, let’s connect! I’m always open to collaborations, mentorship, and discussions on global health and advancing health equity.

Employment

• Talanta 10 Research and analytics lead
  2025 - Present
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Fellow
  2022 - 2024
• Marie Stopes Tanzania Research, monitoring and evaluation officer
  2021 - 2022
• Talanta 10 Strategic information specialist
  2019 - 2021
• Jhpiego Research analyst
  2018 - 2019

Education

• Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College MSc. Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics
  2016 - 2018

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Integrating noncommunicable disease care in a public primary health care facility in North Lebanon: A qualitative study of implementation in a humanitarian crisis
  PLOS Global Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005518
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• Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
  PLOS Global Public Health 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004544
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• Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study
  Conflict and Health 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s13031-025-00646-4
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• Sub-Saharan Africa's Contribution to Clinical Trials in International Acute Coronary Syndromes and Heart Failure Guidelines
  JACC: Advances 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101383
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• Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen NCD care and policy in humanitarian settings: a mixed methods study exploring humanitarian actors’ experiences
  BMC Health Services Research 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11458-2
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• Evaluating the implementation of the Primary Health Integrated Care Project for Chronic Conditions: a cohort study from Kenya
  BMJ Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000146
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• Implementing (and evaluating) peer support with people living with noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings
  Journal of Migration and Health 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100229
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• Implementing and evaluating integrated care models for non-communicable diseases in fragile and humanitarian settings
  Journal of Migration and Health 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100228
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• Prevalence, predictors and reasons for home delivery amongst women of childbearing age in Dodoma Municipality in central Tanzania
  African Health Sciences 2020 DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v20i4.52
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• Perioperative serum albumin as a predictor of adverse outcomes in abdominal surgery: prospective cohort hospital based study in Northern Tanzania
  BMC Surgery 2020 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-020-00820-w
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