Dr. Umaru's Blog on Health & Development

Welcome back to my blog and thank you for your time and patience. I know you have a lot of choices of what to read and where to seek information, but your choice of reading my blog is one of the most important uses of your time. Thank you! COVID-19 By now, you have heard of the global pandemic of COVID-19 that has taken more than 100,000 lives in the United States as of today June 10, 2020, with 7.3M confirmed cases globally. You have also been affected by the continuing lockdown and restriction of things that you will normally be doing in your daily lives. You now have a "new normal" that you have to deal with. You have been asked to "stay home" and do not go out if you are not an essential worker or if you are not going for groceries. So, for this reason, you have heard of and you are affected by COVID-19. You may not have been exposed or even infected with the disease, but events around you have gotten you to ask questions on "what is COVID-19?" How ...

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 ...