الشيخ محجوب جعفر (أول علماء الفطريات)
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| El Sheikh Mahgoub Gaafar |
El-Sheikh Mahgoub GaafarEl
Professor E1-Sheikh Mahgoub Gaafar is one ofSudan most
outstanding mycologists and researchers, and an international authority on
mycetoma and clinical bacteriology.
Professor E1-Sheikh Mahgoub Gaafar is one of
Professor Mahgoub was born on 2 March 1935 in Nori (Karima), Northern Province , Sudan . He was
educated in Karima
Primary School Shendi Rural
Intermediate School Wadi Seidna Secondary School University of Khartoum London School University of London University of Khartoum FRC Pathology, United Kingdom
in 1985.
Professor Mahgoub had extensive training in Medical
Microbiology, Medical Mycology, Medical Education, and Health Research.
His medical career started in May 1962 as Research
Assistant, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum
Professor Mahgoub has now more than 43 years of teaching,
training, and research in Medical Microbiology and Medical Mycology. During
these years, he worked in the Public Health Laboratory Service in Brighton , England Hospital Medical School London
for more experience in handling microbiological specimens. He attended the
course for the Academic Post-graduate Diploma in Bacteriology of the University of London School of Hygiene
Career
In July 1966, he was appointed lecturer in the Department of
Bacteriology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Senior Lecturer in
July 1969, Reader July 1972, and Professor in July 1974.
While on Sabbatical Leave (July 1976-July 1977) at London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, he did research on the role of
cell-mediated immunity in fungal infections with special reference to mycetoma.
During the same period he gave lectures to both undergraduate and postgraduate
students at several medical schools and hospitals in the University of London
He gained experience in clinical microbiology diagnosis in
the West Middlesex Hospital London .
Expatriate career
During the period July 1977-1984, he worked as Professor of
Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud
University , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During this period, he
established the Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Medicine and King Khalid
Hospital
At the end of this period, the Department of Pathology
(Microbiology) was recognized as a training place for clinical microbiology by
the Royal College of Pathologists in the United Kingdom.
During the period July 1979-1984, he was appointed Head, Department
of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh ,
KSA. He was then chairperson of the Infection Control Committees in both King
Khalid and King Abd Al Aziz University Hospitals, and member of the Faculty
Board.
In 1980, he established a Mycoses Clinic in King Abd Al Aziz
University Hospital, Riyadh, KSA.
University of Khartoum
During the period July 1984-November 1985 November
1985-April 1988, he was Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum , Sudan, and Head, Department of
Microbiology and Parasitology.
Publications
Published two books, one by Heinemann Medical Books, London , and the other by
Janssen Research Council, Beerse ,
Belgium
Minsterial responsibilites
In May 1988, Professor Gaafar was called upon to hold the
post of Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum , Sudan
WHO
During the period August-November 1972, he worked as Consultant
to the World Health Organization (WHO), course in Medical Mycology, Teheran , Iran. In February 1990-1995, he was selected Regional
Adviser for Research Promotion and Development, Tropical Diseases Research, WHO,
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office. During this period, WHO gave priority to
the establishment of Research units in the Ministries of Health in the Region,
supported research proposals in the fields of health research, basic research
and health systems research.
During the period March 1993-April 1996, he worked as Regional
Adviser for Human Resources Promotion and Management, WHO/EMRO. As such, he
gave technical advice to countries in the Region on production of Doctors (i.e.
medical schools) by adopting the proper policies that match employment
opportunities. He also encouraged and advised medical faculties to adopt new
trends in medical education, e.g. curriculum development, problem solving and
community orientation.
During the period June 1994-April 1997, he was Director of
Health Services Development. With the concerned Regional Advisers, he lead and
coordinated the work of the Units in the Division namely Human Resources Policy,
Planning and Management, Nursing and Paramedical Development, Quality of Care
and Health Care technology, Essential Drugs, and Primary Health Care Support.
This incurred preparing the budget, drafting policies and strategies and
supervising implementation of the whole Programme.
Durign May 1997- December 1998, he acted as Regional
Adviser, Educational Development for Health, Personnel and Regional Adviser for
Research Policy and Strategy Coordination.
Since he left WHO, he is in the WHO Consultants roster.
Professor of Microbiology ,
Jordan University of Science
Feb. 2003 to date: Professor of Medical Education &
Research, Sudan Medical Specilisation Board.
Professor Gaafar held memberships to several learned
socieites,[i]and
several editorial responsibilities,[ii]and
accorded several prizes in recognition of his excellent service career.[iii]He
attended and participated in more than 80 regional and international meetings
and conferences either reading papers or participating in Panel discussions. He
was chairperson for several learned bodies.[iv]
University activities and organization
Professor Gaafar held the post of Head, Department of
Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum during the period
May 1974-May 1976, and acted as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum on several
occasions.
In 1968, he stablished a mycetoma ward and clinic in
Khartoum North Civil Hospital for therapeutic and diagnostic research in Mycetoma
with the help of the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom,
World Health Organization, Ministry of Health and University of Khartoum.
Supervision of postgraduate students
Professor Gaafar supervised research studies by medical,
veterinary and science postgraduate students for attainment of MSc and MD in
microbiology. He acctively participated in the teaching of students of the MSc
Pathology Course in Sudan. He conducted Research Methodology Modules to
postgraduate students in Public Health in Syrian Arab
Republic Lisbon , Portugal Sudan and Saudi Arabia.
Courses on research
He conducted courses on Research Methodology, health systems
research (HSR ), and Health
Research at postgraduate level in several countries of the Eastern
Mediterranean Region.
Teaching
Professor Gaafar taught Medical Microbiology to undergraduate
medical students, technicians and postgraduates in the University of Khartoum , 1962-1976 and
in the College of
Medicine Khartoum ,
up to 1989.
Routine diagnostic microbiology
Professor Gaafar supervised routine diagnostic clinical
microbiology laboratories in Sudan
and Saudi Arabia. He supervised all cultural, serological and histological
aspects of diagnostic mycology in the Departments of Microbiology in Khartoum and at King Abd
Al Aziz and King Khalid Hospitals Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, and has been advising
clinicians on the management and treatment of the various mycoses and clinical
use of antibiotics.
Sources and Notes
[i]
He holds fellowships of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
since 1964, and memberships of the International Society for Human and Animal
Mycology (ISHAM) since 1964, World Health Organization Expert Committee
(Parasitology) 1975-1990, Standing Committee for Serology of the International
Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Committee for the King Faisal
International Prize in Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,1982-85, Sudanese Society
for Pathologists since 1984, Council of the High Institute of Public Health,
University of Alexandria, 1994-1997, Scientific Committee of the
Italian-Egyptian Cooperation Project for the Promotion of the Medical Research
Council, University of Alexandria, 1994-. He was elected Vice-President to
ISHAM in 1977, and Honorary Vice-President for the Eastern Mediterranean of the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Alumini Association since 1992
[ii]
Chief Editor and Referee to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean
Health Services Journal (1990-1994), referee to the Saudi Medical Journal, member
of the Editorial Board and Referee to the Journal of Medical and Veterinary
Mycology, member of the Editorial Panel of ‘Mycopathologia’, Germany, member of
the Khartoum University Hygiene , UK
[iii]
Ademola Prize of the London
School
[iv]
Chairperson of the Council, Omdurman
Islamic University (1986-1988), Chairperson of the Medical Research Council,
Sudan, 1986-1988, Chairperson of the Services’ Committee in the Sudan
Government’s Salvation Programme, 1987.
Comments
A detailed account of the career of this great person.
I suggest that you add few lines about his post at the council of medical specialisation. He is the chairman of the medical education unit. He held several workshops and symposia about key issues in medical education.