My First Blog ---- Building Sustainable Public Health Solutions

Farouk Adams Umaru, PhD (Public Health) 

I am excited to start sharing my knowledge, experience, and expertise to so many people out there who are in constant need of information on how to go about simple daily work-life balance. In this blog, I intent to share basic but specialized information on trending, experiences, and learning that will benefit me, you, and all of us about public health laboratory systems in particular, public health interventions in general.

Hematology Analyzer in a resource-limited setting.
To introduce myself, I am a public health enthusiast who spent most of my adult life working for public health institutions and organizations to help prevent, and monitor emerging diseases and pandemic of public health interest. I have worked in multiple countries in Africa (Ghana, Namibia, Zambia) and lead multiple public health projects in over 34 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, while mentoring many young and upcoming colleagues interested in public health work. In my work, I have focused extensively on designing, managing, implementing, and monitoring performance of laboratory-based activities and programs. My experience varies across multiple types and facets of laboratory practices.  This includes pharmaceutical quality control, clinical diagnostics, animal health, chemical analysis, environmental protection, and disease surveillance laboratory systems evolution.

Outside the laboratory landscape, I have managed multiple donor-funded programs under United States Government Procurement Regulation, including AID Acquisition Regulation (AIDR), focusing ADR 300 series, Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria Pronouncement Guidelines and other national and regionally donor-funded acquisition and project management guidelines.  Working for President Bush's AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Malaria Initiative (PMI), and Gates Foundation, I have effectively directed and managed more than $50 M annual budget culminating at over $500 M  ($0.5 B) program implemented over 10 years.  Procurement and Supply Management (PSM), focusing on long term forecasting and quantification, supply planning, good distribution and storage practices and designing national-level logistics and supply chain systems are areas of my special interests.

High Throughput Chemistry Analyzer
With these experiences and background, I look forward to working with you as I intend to provide consulting solutions to your personal and organizational ongoing needs and challenges of public health laboratory for successful prevention, detection and response to emerging pandemic and quality control intervention.
Public Health Information and Communication

If you have any questions and/or queries, reach out to me.
faroukumaru@yahoo.com


Mentorship and Capacity Building in Bangladesh 
Thank you for reading my first blog and please return back here next week for more exciting posting. #We are in this together!
We shall overcome the COVID-19 global pandemic. 



Location: United States

Comments

  1. JamieJune 18, 2020 at 7:45 AM

    This is an excellent resource to learn from Farouk's extensive background in global public health and gain insights on topics in laboratory best practices. Farouk is a thought leader on laboratory systems strengthening for both diagnostic and quality control labs. It is a privilege to work with him in his capacity with USP's Global Public Health team.

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  2. Zelalem SahleJune 25, 2020 at 10:35 AM

    I believe that the Experience Farouk has on CDx is very exciting and hopefully he will produce impact in this area. This is a new GHP area and I am learning a lot from his experience.

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  3. RhondaJune 25, 2020 at 11:25 AM

    Dr. Umaru's wealth of expertise and experience is greatly needed in the era of this pandemic. He encompasses the body of knowledge, to lead the leaders of countries and the donor communities to understand and provide support to the area of laboratory systems strengthening, that is the backbone in fighting this virus at every stage from diagnosis, to treatment and strengthening systems, to be ready for the new vaccine or drug to defeat this pandemic. I look forward to future post, that will be informative at both a personal and professional level. Please keep posting Dr. Umaru.

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