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.Professor Esther Mwaikambo
''Maternity Africa'', October 7, 2016. Accessed March 19, 2016.

Life

Mwaikambo graduated MD from the

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in 1969. As Tanzania's first female doctor, the Swahili newspaper ''Uhuru'' profiled her in a series 'women of today's Tanzania'. She gained a Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) from the

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in 1977. In 1982 she gained a Diploma in childhood infectious dieases and immunology from the

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, and in 1995 she gained a Certificate in Behavioural Sciences from

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. In 1987 Mwaikambo founded the medical women association of Tanzania, using the association to drive Tanzania's

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program.De Esther D. Mwaikambo
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''. From 2001 to 2012 Mwaikambo served as chair of the Board of Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA). In October 2009 she was Harvard Distinguished Africa Lecturer, lecturing on the challenges of establishing a

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in Tanzania. As President of the Tanzania Academy of Science, Mwaikambo called for Tanzanian media to promote local scientific innovations. In 2018 Esther Mwaikambo was elected as an International Honorary Member of the

.Middlebury President Laurie Patton Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
''Middlebury College News and Events'', April 18, 2018. Accessed March 19, 2020.

Works

* 'A Review of Maternal and Child Health Services in Rural Tanzania'

References

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