Dr. Alain Ndayikunda is currently a teacher-researcher at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of Burundi at the Public Health Department. After studying General Medicine at the University of Burundi, he completed a Master in Public Health at the INSP and he holds a post-graduate degree in Quantitative and Econometric Methods in Health from the Aix-Marseille University in France.

He is experienced in the evaluation of health systems strengthening programmes and projects with several evaluations conducted in Burundi including mental health project evaluations. He is currently engaged in research on health systems, universal health coverage and digital health.