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Babatunde Osotimehin a national of Nigeria was appointed on 19 November 2010 as the new Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund UNFPA for a four year term

Babatunde Osotimehin
Federal Minister of Health
In office
17 December 2008 – 17 March 2010
Preceded byAdenike Grange
Personal details
BornFebruary 1949
Ogun State, Nigeria

Babatunde Osotimehin (born February 1949) became Nigeria's Minister of Health on 17 December 2008.[1] He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.[2]

Background

Babatunde Osotimehin was born on February 1949 in Ogun State, a kinsman of Chief Tunji Ishola. He became a professor of clinical pathology, and the Coordinator of the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA). He was successful as project head of the World Bank's $90.3 million HIV/AIDs prevention project.[3]

Babatunde Osotimehin completed his medical studies at the University of Ibadan and the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, specializing in Clinical Pathology. Appointments before being assigned to NACA included Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Coordinator of The Social Sciences and Reproductive Health Research Network, Ibadan, Editor of the African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Provost College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan, and Project Manager of Nigeria's HIV/AIDS Programme Development Project.[4]

In a 2005 article in the New York Times, he noted that nearly 58 percent of Nigerians with H.I.V. are female. Many girls in Nigeria are married off before they are physically or psychologically ready, when they are as young as 13 or 14. It is not acceptable for them to ask their partners to use a condom or to refrain from sex.[5][6] Later that year, he said that the government had ordered an increase to 250,000 of the number of HIV-positive people on Nigeria's antiretroviral treatment program.[7]

Minister of Health

Babatunde Osotimehin was appointed Minister of Health on 17 December 2008.[1] In a September 2009 press conference, Babatunde Osotimehin said that Nigeria had yet to comply with the Abuja Declaration that 15% of the budget of each African country should be devoted to health care. Nigeria as a whole was only spending between 8% and 9%, although some states were doing much better.[8] In October 2009, he pointed out that medical institutions were required by law to treat accident and gunshot victims. Refusal to give treatment could be punished by a jail term.[9] In December 2009 he reaffirmed the government's commitment to eliminate poliomyelitis and other childhood killer diseases.[10]

Selected bibliography

Babatunde Osotimehin has written or contributed to many papers and several books.[11] A selection follows:

  • N. C. den Boer, ed. (1989). "Clinical Biochemistry Services in Tropical Africa". Clinical chemistry: an overview. Springer. ISBN 0306430932.
  • Olayiwola A. Erinosho, Babatunde Osotimehin, Janice E. Olawoye (1996). Women's empowerment and reproductive health. Bookcraft Ltd., for Social Sciences and Reproductive Health Research Network. ISBN 9782030147.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Babatunde Osotimehin (1999). Male responsibility in reproductive health: the construction of manhood in Nigeria : phase I. The Social Science and Reproductive Health Research Network. ISBN 9780285695.
  • David Celentano, Chris Beyrer (2008). "12: Nigeria and West Africa". Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care. Springer. ISBN 0387727108.
  • Babatunde Osotimehin (2008). The control of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: the journey so far. WHARC.

References

  1. ^ a b Nosike Ogbuenyi, Abimbola Akosile and Sufuyan Ojeifo (19 December 2008). "Yar'Adua Renews His Mission". ThisDay. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  2. ^ Daniel Idonor (17 March 2010). "Jonathan Sacks Ministers". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  3. ^ "Rigorous Scrutiny for Ministerial Nominees". ThisDay. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  4. ^ "UNU-Cornell Africa Series Three Speaker Biographies". United Nations University. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  5. ^ Babatunde Osotimehin (August 19, 2005). "The Other Half". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  6. ^ Sandra Risa Leiblum (2006). Principles and practice of sex therapy. Guilford Press. p. 426. ISBN 1593853491.
  7. ^ "Nigeria Has World's Third-Highest Number of HIV-Positive People, USAID Says". Medical News Today. 13 Oct 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  8. ^ "Govt Yet to Meet Abuja Declaration Target - Health Minister". ThisDay. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  9. ^ Ruby Rabiu (14 October 2009). "FG Orders Prompt Treatment of Gunshot, Accident Victims". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  10. ^ Florence Udoh (10 December 2009). "Polio Virus Has Declined in Nation By 80% - WHO". Daily Champion. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  11. ^ "Google Scholar results for Babatunde Osotimehin". Retrieved 2009-12-17.

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