Esther Mwaikambo Explained

Esther Daniel Mwaikambo (born 1940) is a Tanzanian medical doctor. She is a senior paedriatician and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Hubert Kairuki Memorial University.[1]

Life

Mwaikambo graduated MD from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in 1969. As Tanzania's first female doctor, the Swahili newspaper Uhuru profiled her in a series 'women of today's Tanzania'.[2] She gained a Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1977. In 1982 she gained a Diploma in childhood infectious dieases and immunology from the Institute of Child Health in London, and in 1995 she gained a Certificate in Behavioural Sciences from Harvard University.

In 1987 Mwaikambo founded the medical women association of Tanzania, using the association to drive Tanzania's breast cancer program.[3]

From 2001 to 2012 Mwaikambo served as chair of the Board of Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA).[4] In October 2009 she was Harvard Distinguished Africa Lecturer, lecturing on the challenges of establishing a medical university in Tanzania.[5] As President of the Tanzania Academy of Science, Mwaikambo called for Tanzanian media to promote local scientific innovations.[6]

In 2018 Esther Mwaikambo was elected as an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

Works

Notes and References

  1. http://maternityafrica.org/professor-esther-mwaikambo/ Professor Esther Mwaikambo
  2. T. N. Mshuza, Uhuru, February 13, 1971. Cited in Book: Andrew Ivaska. Cultured States: Youth, Gender, and Modern Style in 1960s Dar Es Salaam. 2011. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-4770-5. 114, 237.
  3. https://www.amacad.org/person/esther-d-mwaikambo De Esther D. Mwaikambo
  4. Donald Mmari and Samuel Wangwe, eds., Research and Policy Nexus: Perspectives from Twenty Years of Policy Research in Tanzania, 2017.
  5. Jon Chase, Wanted: Doctors for Africa, The Harvard Gazette, October 28, 2009. Accessed March 19, 2020.
  6. https://www.ippmedia.com/en/news/media-challenged-promote-local-scientific-innovations Media challenged to promote local scientific innovations
  7. http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2018-news/node/571970 Middlebury President Laurie Patton Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences