Abu Conteh

Senior Researcher, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre

Abu Conteh is a Senior Researcher at the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre and head of the Urban Health Cluster. He supervises different research projects focusing on multiple social determinants of health, including environmental hazards, sanitation risks and place. Some of the research projects Abu has worked with include the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) funded Accountability for Equity Hub (ARISE), a partnership led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to promote health accountability in informal settlements. He has also led other projects such as the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Shock Tactics project, jointly implemented with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to explore health and community resilience strategies after the Ebola outbreak. Abu recently worked with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct two studies focusing on perceptions of COVID-19 response and vaccination, and gendered experiences of vaccination in informal settlements. He is a PhD candidate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, in the United Kingdom, and hopes to complete his thesis in October 2024.