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Margaret Yvonne Busby,, Hon. FRSL, also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK. She was Britain's youngest and first black female book publisher when she and Clive Allison (1944–2011) co-founded the London-based publishing house Allison and Busby in the 1960s. She edited the anthology Daughters of Africa (1992), and its 2019 follow-up New Daughters of Africa. She is a recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature. In 2020 she was voted one of the "100 Great Black Britons". In 2021, she was honoured with the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2023, Busby was named as president of English PEN.
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Rashmi Sarkar, MD,FAMS is an Indian professor of dermatology at the Lady Hardinge Medical College, part of the Delhi University, New Delhi, India. She was born in Lucknow, India and is from Chandigarh, India.She did her MBBS from Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana and MD Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She is a teacher in Dermatology for last 25 years. Also known globally for her publications on Pigmentary Disorders especially melasma and Pediatric dermatology.She is known, along with Margaret Lartey, for her work in dismissing myths and misinformation about skin care and disease. She has worked globally in many Dermatology societies including the International Society of Dermatology (ISD), Women's Dermatologic Society(WDS),Skin of Color Society(SOCS), International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) as Board of Directors. She was the first woman Secretary General and second woman President in Indian Association of Dermatologists', Venereologist s and Leprologists(IADVL), the second largest Dermatology association in the world. She ranks in the top 2 percent scientists in Dermatology in Harvard ranking list for single year citation for 2024.She is the Founder President of Indian Women's Dermatologic Association (IWDA) and Founder of Pigmentary Disorders Society (PDS).
The Ghana Society of Dermatology is a learned society focussed on skin conditions, established in 2012 and based in Ghana.
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- ↑ Pollock, Samara; Taylor, Susan; Oyerinde, Oyetewa; Nurmohamed, Sabrina; Dlova, Ncoza; Sarkar, Rashmi; Galadari, Hassan; Manela-Azulay, Mônica; Chung, Hae Shin; Handog, Evangeline; Kourosh, A. Shadi (March 2021). "The dark side of skin lightening: An international collaboration and review of a public health issue affecting dermatology". International Journal of Women's Dermatology. 7 (2): 158–164. doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.09.006. ISSN 2352-6475. PMC 8072511 . PMID 33937483.
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