| Peggy Vidot | |
| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Term Start: | 3 November 2020 |
| President: | Wavel Ramkalawan |
| Predecessor: | Jean-Paul Adam |
| Birth Name: | Peggy Antoinette Vidot[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1958–59 |
| Occupation: | Nurse, midwife |
Peggy Antoinette Vidot (born 1958–59)[2] is a Seychellois nurse and midwife. Since 3 November 2020, she serves as the Minister of Health.[3]
Vidot is a registered midwife from the Luton and Dunstable School of Midwifery, and a registered nurse from the Bath School of Nursing. She graduated with a master's degree in health services management from the University of Manchester.
In 1977, she started her career as a nurse instructor at the School of Nursing in Seychelles.[4] In 2003,[4] she was appointed Health Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.[5] Upon her return to Seychelles[2] in 2012, she was appointed Special Advisor to the Minister for Health,[4] and served until 2016.[2]
Vidot is the chairperson of the National Aids Council in Seychelles,[6] and was a proponent of switching HIV treatment tasks from doctors to nurses and midwives to better combat the disease in Africa.[7] In order to enable the switching, she initiated the African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative (ARC) together with Patricia Riley of the CDC, as a framework to strengthen nursing and midwifery education. In 2011, ARC was established and has been implemented in 17 nations as of 2016.[8]
On 29 October 2020, Vidot was elected Minister of Health, succeeding Jean-Paul Adam.