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Personal
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Dr. Osman M. Ahmed (Harare) |
| Home |
(651) 776-9603 |
| Mobile |
(612) 306-0539 |
| Address |
1349 Maryland Avenue East
St. Paul, MN 55106 |
| Email |
osmamahmed@msn.com |
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Professional Experience |
| 2004 to Present |
Co-founder & Executive Director
East Africa Health Project |
1997 to Present |
Somali Patient Advocate
Hennepin County Medical Center
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Helping Somali patients to understand health services
- Translating health materials into Somali language
- Solving patients' needs about HCMC
- Interpreting for Somali patients at HCMC
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1996 to 2004 |
Formerly Chairman, Somali Health Project,
Assistant Director of SAHAN Education Project.
- Assistant Director of SAHAN Education Project.
- Organizing cultural recreational and health awareness
- Holding workshops and seminars for Somali culture
- Interacting with others mutual assistance organizations, public
schools and University of Minnesota
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1994 to 1995 |
Medical Volunteer in Utanga Refugee Camp
in Mombassa/Kenya
- Checked and assisted sick refugees
- Coordinated and taught health education
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1992 - 1994 |
Medical Coordinator Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
Refugee Camp in Mendera/Kenya
- Coordinated and implemented health programs for Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
(N.G.O.)
- Created and operated 5 feeding places for children and women
- Treated more than 50,000 refugee for different diseases
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1991 - 1992 |
Chairman of Volunteer Medical Board in
Kismayo/Somalia
- Helped victims of civil war
- Opened 21 feeding centers and collaborated with UNICEF
- Coordinated hospital operations and kept to continue health structures
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1981 - 1990 |
Director of Community Health Department,
Ministry of Health, Somalia Comprising: maternal child health, family
planning, school health, nutrition, diarrheal disease control, expanded
program of immunization, primary health care, health education and promotion.
- Coordinated and implemented the programs of above mentioned divisions
at national level
- Developed national Cold-chain system for immunization.
- Implemented national child-spacing program which is culturally and
religiously acceptable to the people instead of family planning.
- Created primary health care program in rural and remote area using
camels as transportation.
- Coordinated national public health education program.
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1975 - 1990 |
Lecturer of Tropical Disease, Faculty
of Medicine Somali National University Mogadishu, Somalia
- Educated and trained medical students in community medicine and
tropical diseases.
- Provided hands-on internship on epidemic outbreak investigation
and preventive medicine.
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| 1975 - 1977 |
Director of Forlanini Hospital, Mogadishu,
Somalia Comprising: tuberculosis, psychiatry, and infectious sections,
cover 1500 beds.
- Coordinated hospital operations, developed and implemented an accounting
structure to detail procedure costs by creating separate expenses
for the three sections of the hospital.
- Established an excellent outpatient program for TB section to reduce
the burden and cost.
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1980 - 1981 |
Director of Public Health Department,
Mogadishu Municipal Government in Somalia
Coordinator environmental health programs. |
| 1972 - 1975 |
Head of Infectious Section, Forlanini
Hospital Mogadishu, Somalia Improved the quality and increased the section
capacity from 25 beds to 120 beds. Established and instituted infectious
disease control regulations and policies. Created a teaching and training
section for medical students and faculty. In the training center, we also
implemented a training program for traditional birth attendants, to reduce
the lethality of neonatal tetanus, which was very high in the section |
1970 - 1972 |
Regional Medical Officer, Hiran Region
in Somalia, Directed one regional hospital and three district hospitals.Coordinated
the management of the regional administrative operations. Due to increased
highway accident-related casualties, I established a comprehensive emergency
medical system, and set guidelines to local authorities to enforce traffic
laws to reduce accidents |
| RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE AND PUBLICATIONS
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Serological Survey of Toxoplasmosis in
Somalia, which appeared in the Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 74, n5- 1980 (article). O Zardi, E. Adorisio,
Nuti and Osman M.
Surface Antigen (HBsAG) and the E-Antigen (HGeAG) in
Somali patients with acute viral hepatitis (article) same as above journal,
vol. 73, N1979 by M. Nuti, G. Thamer, and Osman Harare.
Trattemento Con Amikacina Della Dissenteria Bacillre
da Shigella Dysenterieae in Eta Pediatrica. H. Osman, V. Russo, R. Bertucci,
A. Sebastiani.
Ricerca Degli Anticorpi Rubeolici in un Campione Della
Popolazione di Mogadishu. V. Russo, M.H. Osman, G. Feretti.
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| WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED |
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Health Development management at Asean
Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University in October 15 to
November 16, 1990, Mahidol, Thailand.
Intercountry meeting on preparedness and response to
meningococcol menigitis outbreaks, September 1989, Damascus, Syria.
Senior level management and training in expanded program
of immunization in Colombo, Sirlanka.
Intercountry consultation on appropriated technology
in maternal child health, December 1983, Lahore, Pakistan.
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CERTIFICATE ATTENDED |
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Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling
training section.
At Minnesota Department of Health, STD and HIV section in October 12,
2004.
HIV Test Results training section,
At Minnesota Department of Health, STD and HIV section in October 13,
2004.
HIV Comprehensive Case Management Core Training on Medication
Adherence and Medical update at Minnesota Department of Human Services
in April 25, 2003.
The Mini MBA for Nonprofit Organizations.
At The Center for Nonprofit Management University of St.Thomas
From September 14-December 14, 2004.
AWARDS AND HONORS RECEIVED: Bronze medal for implementing rural primary
health care and health education.
Champions of Health, in recognition of outstanding efforts
to improve community health in 2003 presented from Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Minnesota.
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EDUCATION |
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Kiev Medical Institute (USSR), Doctor
of Medicine (Pediatrician), 1969.
University of Rome (Italy), Specialization in Tropical Disease, 1979.
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LANGUAGE |
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Somalia, Italian, Russian, Arabic and
English |
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REFERENCES |
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Available upon request |
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