astronomy

Ogobara Doumbo

Ogobara Doumbo is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ogobara Doumbo rather than just read about it. In short: Ogobara Doumbo (1 January 1956 – 9 June 2018) was a Malian medical researcher at the University of Mali. He was recognised as a global leader in malaria research.

Key takeaways

Ogobara Doumbo belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ogobara Doumbo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ogobara Doumbo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ogobara Doumbo (1 January 1956 – 9 June 2018) was a Malian medical researcher at the University of Mali. He was recognised as a global leader in malaria research. He was the recipient of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mali, Legion d'honneur and research award on Malaria in Africa.

Early life and education Doumbo grew up in a Dogon village. His father and grandfather were traditional African healers. He first rode in a car as a teenager, travelling 1,000 km to sit his secondary-school certification exams in Bandiagara. He achieved good enough grades at school to win a scholarship for Bamako's National School of Medicine and Pharmacy, and completed an MD in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Mali. After graduating, he worked as a bush doctor in Sélingué, specialising in surgery. Several locals rejected Western medicine, and alongside performing caesarean section deliveries Doumbo had to prove that Western methods could save lives. He went on to earn master's degrees in parasitology and immunology in the University of Montpellier. He was mentored by Philippe Ranque and Bernard Duflo, who helped him return to Mali during study breaks. He graduated with a Masters in medical anthropology at Aix-Marseille University and a qualification in biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University.

Research and career In 1992 Doumbo created the Bamako Malaria Research and Training Center with his colleague Yeya Toure. The centre was supported by the government of Mali, the National Institutes of Health, the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Health Organization. Working with Abdoulaye Djimde Doumbo mapped malaria and chloroquine resistance across Mali and ensured government control initiatives were based on evidence. He was visited by Harold E. Varmus in 1996, and travelled with him to remote villages. He supported Djimde in his scientific career, supporting him to getting a PhD at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Djimde went on to lead the centre's drug resistance program, and was the first West African person to receive a Howard Hughes grant. The centre works with the health system in villages, installing research units and training local nurses and midwives. It has several research groups led by Malian researchers, over 200 permanent researchers and 60 postgraduate students. He established a grant-administration program, which has attracted significant funding and supported several generations of African researchers. Their efforts demonstrated the need for malarial control tools to be deployed on the ground, which influenced World Health Organization recommendations. Between 1996 and 2001 he directed the Tropical Medical Research Center Program, which was a collaboration between the University of Mali and Tulane University. Doumbo served as Professor in the Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases at the University of Mali. Doumbo was the senior investigator for the drug trials of several antimalarials. He was on the health advisory board of Malaria No More and the Board of Directors of Muso Health. He was a member of the SESSTIM Unit at IRD/ Aix Marseille University.

Honours and awards Doumbo was the recipient of several awards recognising his contributions to malaria and tropical diseases. 1999 – Legion d'honneur 2000 – l’Ordre National du Mali 2007 – Prix Christophe Mérieux de l’Institut de France 2008 – Princess of Asturias Awards 2008 – Alpha Omega Alpha Award 2008 – Elected to Académie Nationale de Médecine 2013 – Inserm International Research award 2016 – International Fellow of American Society of Tropical Medicine

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ogobara Doumbo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ogobara Doumbo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ogobara Doumbo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ogobara Doumbo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ogobara Doumbo

In research: Ogobara Doumbo appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ogobara Doumbo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ogobara Doumbo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1956 births, 2018 deaths, 21st-century Malian people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ogobara Doumbo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ogobara Doumbo in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Ogobara Doumbo in simple terms?

Ogobara Doumbo (1 January 1956 – 9 June 2018) was a Malian medical researcher at the University of Mali. He was recognised as a global leader in malaria research.

Why does Ogobara Doumbo matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ogobara Doumbo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Ogobara Doumbo.