147 : Health Protection Coordinator in Qatar with Faith Amarachi Ngwu, MPH

Interview with Faith Amarachi Ngwu, MPH

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Highlights from this episode:

1. The importance of infection control from a disease surveillance perspective
2. Youth Service in Nigeria led to passion in community work and pursuing a Master of Public Health
3. Volunteering to gain skills while you are looking for a full time position in public health.

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Faith Amarachi Ngwu, MPH is a Health Protection Coordinator at Primary Health Care in Doha, Qatar. She has strong experience in disease surveillance, project management, immunization and importance of vaccination, contact tracing, health policy & research. She is a certified lead auditor ISO 14001: Environmental Management System and certified Safety personnel with Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Working Safely.

She conferred her Bachelor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Enugu State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria. During her time here she worked as a biological technician as Divine Health Diagnostics and she entered into the Nigerian Youth Service after graduating where she learnt the importance of community based work and public health.

Faith then worked as a Communicable Disease Control at Primary Health Center, Abakaliki, Nigeria. She then started her Master of Public Health at University of Port Harcourt. During her time in her MPH, she worked as a Public Health Trainee at the Ministry of Public Health in Qatar. Upon graduating, she then worked as a Public Health Trainee at Primary Health Care in Qatar as a volunteer. Additionally, she worked many other volunteer positions until she got a contracted role at Primary Health Care as an Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator.

She then shifted to become an Infection Control Reviewer at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar. She currently works as a Health Protection Coordinator at Primary Health Care in Doha, Qatar.