Sharon Fonn | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | MB ChB, PhD University of the Witwatersrand |
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| Fields | Public Health |
| Institutions | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Website | www |
Sharon Fonn is a South African Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her work has focused on cervical cancer, health systems and developing African capacity for public health research.
Fonn served as the head of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health from 2003 to 2011. [1] She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. [2] Professor Fonn helped to set up Africa's longest running study of children from birth [3] She has published over 50 scientific articles. [4]
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Maureen Coetzee is a medical entomologist, specialising in African malaria vector mosquitoes for over 40 years. She is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She is a consultant in the World Health Organization 's Global Malaria Programme. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand. A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, Coetzeemyia, was named after her. Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, Coetzeea, was named after her. Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
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Salome Maswime is a South African clinician and global health expert. She is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and the Head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town. She advocates for women's health rights, equity in surgical and maternal care, and providing adequate health services to remote and underserved populations. She advises and consults for many institutions, including the World Health Organization. In 2017, she was honored with the Trailblazer and Young Achiever Award. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
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