NIMAN Sarakawa Abalo is an Environmental Health Engineer and currently serves as Technical Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance of Togo, with portfolio responsibilities for the water, sanitation, environment, and energy sectors. He is also a PhD candidate in Sanitation and Urban Ecology at the Regional Center of Excellence on Sustainable Cities in Africa (CERViDA), University of Lomé. He has over 15 years of professional experience in the design, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) projects, both in development and emergency settings (disaster response, epidemic and pandemic control). His expertise spans project management, environmental and social impact assessments, and compliance with environmental and social safeguard standards of major development partners, including the World Bank, KfW, African Development Bank. His work as a consultant includes the development of Environmental and Social Management Frameworks and Hazardous Waste and Products Management Plans (PGDPB), particularly in the context of infectious disease control and hospital waste management. In the field of biomedical waste management, he has led or contributed to numerous national and regional initiatives. Since 2016, he has collaborated with the World Bank on the assessment and upgrading of biomedical waste management systems in health facilities, with continued efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic through context-specific solution development.