cheikh ahmadou lo

ABILITIES AND PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCES As a PointCare Technologies Inc (a US based Diagnostic company, with headquarter in Boston),Regional Director for West and central Africa, I have a good knowledge of African healthcare settings I have visited most of the West African states (Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso etc...), Northern Africa (Morocco Ouarzazate, Casablanca...), Eastern Africa (Kenya, Lurambi district in Kissumu region, Nairobi, organization of a Care pack HIV testing, CD4 counting,condoms, net distribution and, water filters) with an NGO named Vestergaard ), Southern Africa (South Africa).Contact with most of the Health Ministries, researchers and NGOs, funding agencies World Bank, USAID,PEPFAR, GTZ, JICA etc... in the region at the highest Level. With a previous career in food technologies, drying technologies (fluid bed drying, bulk flow drying etc...), and food fortification in micronutrients, ready to use therapeutic foods, I am involved in nutrition and food technologies across the region, member of the french speaking food processing researchers (GP3A), th African graduates in nutrition network (AGSnet).Participant the 1st congress of the Federation of African Nutrition soxieties (FANUS),and the Aafrican Nutrition Leadership Program.JUNE 2008: Training in immunology-hematology and flow cytometry (Pointcare technologies Inc 181 Cedar Hill Marlborough, Massachussetts, USA)www.pointcare.netMAY 2007 :PARTICIPANT TO THE: ANLP AFRICAN NUTRITION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.http://www.danoneinstitute.org/nutrition_portal/French-Speaking-Africans.phpFood fortification, nutrition advocacy, HIV and Nutrition, nutrition programs funding, research proposal, scientific communication.Danone International Institute International Union for Nutrition Sciences (IUNS)International Nutrition Foundation (INF)United Nations University (Cornell University)Wageningen University (Netherlands)1 ST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATION OF AFRICAN NUTRITION SOCIETIES.http://www.africanutrition.org/fanus2007/subthemes.htmlMASTER DEGREE IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.Thesis: “Supply Chain improvement”: PHARMA case study.LILLE1 UNIVERSITY (France). MASTER ENGINEERING IN FOOD SCIENCES and TECHNOLOGIES WITH 1st CLASS HONOURS & CONGRATULATIONS OF THE JURY.Thesis: « Fluid Bed drying process, installation, optimization, and drying parameters for different mixtures » Production of Amodiaquine (antimalaria), ACT, Terpine codeine, Ferbekod, Phenobarbital…Polytechnic School Dakar centre.DUT DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCES WITH 1st CLASS HONOURS & CONGRATULATIONS OF THE JURYThesis : «  Quality control in Dairy industries »Polytechnic School Dakar centre.Member of the FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and nutrition Policies and Strategies FSNhttp://km.fao.org/fsn/Full Member of the African Graduate Students in nutrition network AGSnet. http://www.unu.edu/capacitybuilding/foodnutrition/agsnet/Cheikh_Ahmadou_en.htmFull Member of the food engineering researchers network..GP3Ahttp://www.gp3a.auf.orgNovember 2007 : Participant TO THE DAKAR REGIONAL CONGRESS ON FOOD ENGINEERING.From june 2008 to today: Regional Director for West and central Africa Pointcare Technologies Inc Marlborough MA USA (Diagnostic company) http://www.pointcare.net flow cytometers, hematology( hematology profile, hemoglobin cc), immunology, HIV diagnostics.Since 2009: lecturer at Sup De Co Groupe HEC in Supply Chain Management (1st Private university in Senegal)