Raissa Sorgho
© Gregor Hübl /Universtiy of Bonn
Dr. Raissa Sorgho
ORCID iD 0000-0003-2026-2457
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Affiliations
  • Advisor at the Public Health Institute, Center for Wellness and Nutrition, Sacramento, CA 95825 USA
  • Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
  • Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Research topics
  • Climate Change
  • Health
  • Policy
  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture
Dr. Sorgho is a global health specialist with over a decade of leadership experience in development, consultancy, and research. She leads the design, development and execution of global programs and manages a growing network of partners. Her experiences span designing randomized control trials, implementing systematic policy reviews, assessing capacity building workforce development in over 20 countries. She works on strategy design, partnership building, systems strengthening, behavior change communication and sustainability. She has worked in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the USA and authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and drafted national legislations. She has presented her work and chaired prestigious conferences, e.g. the World Health Summit and COPs. Besides ZEF, she is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and with the Public Health Institute.
Selected publications

Bärnighausen, K., Kagone, M., Herrmann, A. Sorgho, R. et al. Acceptability of cool roofs: a qualitative study in Nouna,Burkina Faso. BMC Public Health 25, 2935 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23806-w

Hansen L-S.; Sorgho R.; Mank I.; Schwerdtle P. N.; Agure E,; Bärnighausen T., Danquah I. Home gardening in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review on practices and nutrition outcomes in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya Food and Energy Security 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.388 

Mank, I., Sorgho, R., Zerbo, F. et al. ALIMUS—We are feeding! Study protocol of a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of a home garden and nutrition counseling intervention to reduce child undernutrition in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya. Trials 23, 449 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06423-5

Sorgho, R.; Quiñonez, C.A.M.; Louis, V.R.; Winkler, V.; Dambach, P.; Sauerborn, R.; Horstick, O. Climate Change Policies in 16 West African Countries: A Systematic Review of Adaptation with a Focus on Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8897. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238897

Sorgho, R.; Mank, I.; Kagoné, M.; Souares, A.; Danquah, I.; Sauerborn, R. “We Will Always Ask Ourselves the Question of How to Feed the Family”: Subsistence Farmers’ Perceptions on Adaptation to Climate Change in Burkina Faso. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7200. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197200

 

Raissa Sorgho
© Gregor Hübl /Universtiy of Bonn
Dr. Raissa Sorgho

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Nutrition and Planetary Health (ZEF HEALTH)

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