Prioritizing Trust As Much as Technology to Prevent Pandemics

Habib Yakubu is talented at straddling divides. That make him valuable in the fight against pandemics.

Though raised a Muslim, he attended a Christian school. Growing up in a low-income community without running water, he went on to study in Ghana, the United Kingdom and the U.S., earning his Master of Science in Public Health in Environmental Science and Engineering. He has led trainings and research in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, spearheaded advocacy efforts in his home country of Ghana, and simultaneously worked in low-income urban communities globally.

Currently the Associate Director of Research Projects at (CGSW) Emory University in Atlanta, Yakubu has recently used his 20-plus years of experience to unite community members and government leaders in health and the environment on a mission to track SARS-CoV-2 in sewage.

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