Mohamed Hamad Satti: Milestones in Field Research in Tropical Disease Pathology, Bacteriology and Epidemiology

This series of monographs aims to provide concise documentation of the lives and work of the men and women who have shaped the health care services in the Sudan. This volume profiles the life and work of Dr Mohamed Hamad Satti, the bacteriologist, pathologist, entomologist, researcher and mentor. The generation gap that has been enforced over the last three decades was wide and unfortunate and should be bridged. The apprenticeship tradition, the hallmark of medical teaching and training, has suffered badly due to a multitude of social, economic, and political factors. Hundreds of resourceful medical scholars were forced into exile or unnecessarily alienated. The time-honored Sudanese medical system is currently on the brink of collapse. It is at present dominated by the un-knowledgeable and inexperienced. I thought this work would help to bridge this gap, salvage lost information, and obviate eminent dangers.