Mohamed Hamad Satti

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Mohamed Hamad Satti
محمد حمد ساتي
Shousha Prize, WHO
Order of the Two Niles
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Khartoum
World Health Organization
Sovereignty Council (1964–1965)
Ismail al-Azhari
Preceded byMansour Ali Haseeb
Succeeded byMahmoud Abdel Rahman Ziada

Mohamed Hamad Satti (

Shousha Prize from the World Health Organization, and the Order of the Two Niles
. Dr Satti Foundation for medical research was created in his honour.

Life and career

Early life and education

Mohamed Hamad Satti was born in

Kitchener School of Medicine (DKSM) (today’s Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum), in 1935.[1]

Satti in the centre in ca. 1952, UK

Satti then started his medical training working as a medical officer in areas endemic to

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore.[1]

Career

Satti was elected a member of the

Stack Medical Research Laboratories (1963–1968), succeeding Mansour Ali Haseeb who left the position to become the first Sudanese Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.[1]

Satti occupied several posts in the Sudanese Ministry of Health [ar]. He was an educator at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum (1946–1948, 1963–1969) and a researcher of bacteriology, medical zoology, epidemiology, forensic medicine, and pathology.[4] He laid the foundation of several laboratories and tropical medicine research centres in Sudan which include the National Health Laboratories, the Cancer Institute for Tropical Diseases Research, the Medical Research Council (1966), the School of Tropical Medicine (1966), the National Council for Research (1970), and the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology.[5][6][2] He was the director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Research at the Medical Research Council, Sudan.[2]

Satti did not have a private clinic throughout his career. He was known for being an entertaining educator who linked scientific information with stories from his fieldwork. Satti had a very philanthropic approach to medicine as he once repurposed his private car as an ambulance.[2][1]

Once he retired in 1969, he became an advisor to the Sudanese Medical Research Association.[7] He worked with WHO as a consultant epidemiologist and public health advisor to study the environmental effects of Lake Nasser in 1970.[8] He was the Vice Chairman of the WHO Onchocerciasis Expert Committee in 1986.[9]

Personal life and death

Satti with his great-grandchild, Ahmad. ca. 1994

Satti was married to Fatma Hassan el Nor and with her, they had thirteen children. He died from natural causes on 15 March 2005, and was buried in Faroug Cemetery, Khartoum.[10]

Research

1st row from left, Mansour Haseeb, HV Morgan and Satti. 2nd row, far left, Ahmed M. El Hassan. ca. 1965

Satti carried out extensive field and laboratory work on

Al Qadarif,[12] presbycusis in the Mabans tribe living southern Funj,[6] filariasis in Geneina,[13] the adverse effects of the consumption of high-nitrate-well-water in two villages in North Kordofan, and health aspects of Rahad Irrigation Project.[14]

He presented his research at the first Italian Conference of Tropical Medicine in East Africa, Asmara,[15] in 1952, and the International Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria (1958–1986).[16] He left a legacy of scientific excellence that earned him the name The father of Medical research in Sudan.[1][17]

Awards and honours

Satti received an

Shousha Prize from the World Health Organization in 1985,[18][4] and was awarded the Order of the Two Niles in 1989.[10] In 2011, a foundation, Dr Satti Foundation for medical research, was established in his honour.[19][20]

See also

References

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  7. ^ WHO Chronicle. World Health Organization. 1985. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  8. ^ a b Squires, Herbert Chavasse (1958). The Sudan Medical Service: An Experiment in Social Medicine. Heinemann Medical Books. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  9. ^ The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. Annals Publishing Company. 1962. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  10. ^ a b c Safi, Ahmed El (2019). Mohamed Hamad Satti: The Father of Medical Research in Sudan : His Life and Work (1913-2005) : Milestones in Field Research in Tropical Disease Pathology, Bacteriology and Epidemiology. Sudan Medical Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
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  14. ^ شيخ العلماء الدكتور محمد حمد ساتي: نذر العلم في خدمة بحوث الطب [Sheikh of Scientists, Dr. Muhammad Hamad Sati: A vow of science in the service of medical research] (in Arabic). Dār Madārik lil-Nashr. 2013. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
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  18. ^ "Public health prizes and awards". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  19. ^ "Dr Satti Foundation". Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-11-28 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ "Dr.Satti Foundation". Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-11-28 – via Facebook.
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