She earned her doctorate degree in Public Health 1995 at Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, with a thesis titled Le SIDA en milieu chirurgical : Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques (in English: AIDS in the surgical arena: Knowledge, attitudes and practises). She completed a Master of Science degree at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp in 1997. She completed many specialist diplomas in Dakar and in France, as well as a DEA in Santé publique et pays en développement (English: Public Health and Developing Countries) at l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in 2001.
