Elma Diggs, MPH
Elma L Diggs, MPH
Name: Elma L Diggs, MPH
USU Department of Primary Appointment:
Military and Emergency Medicine
Title:
Program Manager, African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership
Location:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Email:
Office Phone:
(240) 618-7483
Biography
Elma Diggs serves as the Program Manager for the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership
(APPRP). In this role she supports the implementation of APRRP; which is designed to strengthen the
capacity of African troop-contributing countries, specifically Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and Ghana, to
rapidly respond to emerging crises in Africa.
Previously she managed global health, epidemiology, biosafety and biosecurity initiatives in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Elma holds a Master of Public Health degree from Mercer University School of Medicine and
Bachelor of Science from Liberty University in Health Promotion.
(APPRP). In this role she supports the implementation of APRRP; which is designed to strengthen the
capacity of African troop-contributing countries, specifically Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and Ghana, to
rapidly respond to emerging crises in Africa.
Previously she managed global health, epidemiology, biosafety and biosecurity initiatives in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Elma holds a Master of Public Health degree from Mercer University School of Medicine and
Bachelor of Science from Liberty University in Health Promotion.
