Dr. Umaru's Blog on Health & Development

 Good evening to my readers and I am happy to be back again for this post. It has been quite a hectic past few months for all including myself as we adjust to our new normal. I have been working from home since March 2020 and I don't see the end of this new normal insight.  Today my reflection is on the outcome of the just ended US election and its potential impact on public health practices in this country with particular emphasis on COVID-19.  At the start of the summer, there were multiple predictions and models on the potential second wave of COVID-19.  On daily basis, I watched multiple news conferences from "experts" with their predictions and models claiming accuracy in their predictive models. Of particular interest is the White House daily briefing on the COVID-19  Task Force response by the Trump Administration. We heard the President discussing and leading the conferences with different messages and degrees of accuracy regarding what is working and wh...

In my last posting, I discussed supply chain epidemiology, concepts and practice - and received a lot of commendation for the initiation of this topic. I am excited that within the fraternity, we are building consensus on the need to expand the scope of the supply chain in responding to disease prevention and control. I am particularly interested in how we can demonstrate that supply chain principles can have or are having a significant impact on disease prevention. It is only when we are able to quantitatively demonstrate the relationship between supply chain practices and disease prevention that we can make a meaningful impact on global public health practice. Today, I trace the historical application of supply chain principles to private and industrial organization's performance. I will also highlight the practical perspective of the application of supply chain principles to healthcare. Whiles at it, I will demonstrate the theoretical challenges of using the supply chain to dise...

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 ...