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umarbaisesay

About: I have a Bachelor's degree in Public Health, FETP-Intermediate, MPH-Health Informatics, MBA-Hospital Administration and Health Care Management, and am currently on MSc, Infection Prevention and Control (distance yr-3) University of Dundee. I also have PG. Cert. in Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health, Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health, Leadership and Management in Health from the University of Washington. With over seven years in the working field, I have experience in district-level discussions on public health emergencies, surveillance, health promotion, community mobilization, IPC/WASH, monitoring and evaluation, and program management. I also have excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), and intermediate-level skills in the use of Epi-Info, QGIS, SPSS, STATA, SAS and R. I have had the opportunity to conduct research, analyze data obtained from interviews, surveys, and sample tests to determine the cause of a health problem and utilize specialized statistical computer software in analyzing and interpreting epidemiological data. I have organized programs to educate the public on ways to prevent disease contamination and spread and provided advice and leadership in outbreak investigation. In addition, I have had the opportunity to do an oral presentation at a scientific conference and have completed and ongoing research activities, including Falaba District Measles Surveillance Data Analysis 2021 (Author), Falaba District Measles Surveillance System Evaluation 2021 (Author), Measles outbreak Investigation in Delmandugu Chiefdom, Falaba District 2022 (Author and abstract accepted and presented at a scientific conference), A community cross-sectional study on Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Slum and non-Slum communities in Freetown Sierra Leone 2022 (Co-author and on review for publication), and Epidemiologic Characteristics and predisposing factors to Measles, Sierra Leone 2017-2022 (Author and on final review for publication).