He is the director of the Blood Transfusion Service in Mogadishu, and is the Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population.
He is the director of the Blood transfusion Service in Mogadishu and is WHO's representative in Somalia. In 1987, he and his collegues jointly discovered a new Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population.