Linda-Gail Bekker
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2016 - 2018 ← Chris Beyrer (en) | |||
Rayuwa | |||
Haihuwa | Zimbabwe, 1962 (61/62 shekaru) | ||
ƙasa | Zimbabwe | ||
Harshen uwa | Turanci | ||
Karatu | |||
Makaranta |
Jami'ar Cape Town 1987) The Rockefeller University (en) | ||
Thesis director |
Gilla Kaplan (en) | ||
Sana'a | |||
Sana'a |
likita, university teacher (en) | ||
Employers |
Jami'ar Cape Town The Rockefeller University (en) Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (en) | ||
Kyaututtuka |
gani
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Mamba |
International AIDS Society (en) |
Linda-Gail Bekker MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP (SA) farfesa ce a fannin likitanci da magani kuma babbar jami'iyyar gudanarwa na Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. Har ila yau, ita ce Daraktar a Cibiyar HIV ta Desmund Tutu a Jami'ar Cape Town. Ita ce Tsohuwar Shugabar Kungiyar AIDS ta Duniya (2016-18).[1]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Bekker a Zimbabwe.[2] Ta yi karatun likitanci/magani a jami'ar Cape Town.[3] Ta yi niyya ta zama ƙwararriyar likita, amma ta kammala aikin jujjuyawar asibiti a KwaZulu-Natal kuma ta kasance mai sha'awar binciken cutar kanjamau da tarin fuka.[4] Ta ga matasa suna mutuwa daga cutar kanjamau kuma ta ji takaicin yadda ba za ta iya taimaka musu ba. Cibiyar ta John E. Fogarty International Centre ce ta ɗauki nauyin karatun ta na PhD. Ta yi aiki a Jami'ar Rockefeller akan maganin rigakafi. Mai ba ta shawarar digirin digiri Gilla Kaplan kuma ta ci gaba da aiki da ita har a yau.[5]
Bincike da aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin shekarar 2009 ta sami lambar yabo ta Royal Society Pfizer Award saboda bincikenta game da cututtukan tarin fuka.[6][7] Tallafin ya tallafawa bincikenta a asibitin farko na Nyanga da ke Cape Town. Bekker tana da sha'awar haɗin gwiwa tare da al'ummomi da shirye-shiryen ilimi na jagoranci.[8] Ayyukanta na al'umma na duba don shawo kan kyama da ke da alaka da cutar HIV da tarin fuka. Gidauniyar Desmond Tutu HIV, inda Bekker ke aiki a matsayin Babbar Jami'iyyar Gudanarwa, yana tallafawa rayuwar al'ummomin Afirka ta Kudu mafi talauci.[9] Mijinta, Robin Wood, yana aiki a matsayin Darakta kuma Shugaba. Ta haɓaka motar kiwon lafiya ta wayar hannu, wanda aka sani da Tutu tester, wanda ke ba da bincike don daukar masu ciki, hawan jini, ciwon sukari, HIV/AIDS, TB da kiba.[10][11] Ita ce Daraktan Cibiyar HIV ta Desmund Tutu a Jami'ar Cape Town, inda ta hadu da mafi kyawun aiki da kuma bayanan tushen shaida game da jiyya da rigakafin matasa a cikin dandamali mai karfi. Cibiyar kula da lafiya ta kasa ce ke daukar nauyin wannan cibiya. Ta habaka Zabubbuka don Hanyoyin Rigakafin Matasa a Afirka ta Kudu (CHAMPS); wanda ke kalubalantar halayen samari game da kaciya, yana karfafa mata matasa su yi amfani da maganin hana haihuwa da kuma bincikar rigakafin Pre-exposure prophylaxis. Ta kuma yi aiki a kan Nazarin Ciki da HIV/AIDS Neman Daidaituwar Nazarin (PHASES) wanda Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa ta tallafa. Ta yi nazarin jerin abubuwan da ake amfani da su na maganin cutar kanjamau. Tana jin dadin yin gwajin cutar kanjamau.[12]
A shekara ta 2016 an zabe ta shugabar kungiyar kanjamau ta kasa da Kasa.[13] Ta ba da jawabin bude taron a taron kungiyar kanjamau na kasa da Kasa a birnin Paris, inda ta yi magana game da sabbin hanyoyin rigakafin kamar rigakafin cutar kanjamau.[14] A cikin shekarar 2018 an zaɓe ta a cikin kwamitin shirin rigakafin cutar kanjamau na Kasa da Kasa. Ta damu da yadda Donald Trump ke lalata martanin cutar HIV a duniya. Ta kasance babbar mai magana a ranar AIDS ta duniya.[15]
Ta ba da gudummawa ga Tattaunawar.[16][17][18][19] Bekker tana jin daɗin yin zane kuma ta yi amfani da wasan kwaikwayo na titi a cikin aikinta na al'umma.
Bekker tana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Tsarin Gaggawa na Shugaban Kasa don Taimakon AIDS. (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)[20]
CUTAR COVID 19
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bekker ita ce babbar mai binciken, tare da Glenda Gray, na gwajin Sisonke wanda ke da nufin baiwa ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya a Afirka ta Kudu damar samun rigakafin COVID da wuri.[21] Gwajin gwaji na asibiti na budadden lokaci na 3b ya gudana daga ranar 17 ga watan Fabrairu 2021 zuwa ranar 15 ga watan Mayu 2021, tare da allurai 478 733 da aka bai wa ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya.[22] Binciken ya gwada ingancin rigakafin Jansen (J&J) lokacin da aka gudanar da shi a kan babban sikelin a karkashin yanayin Afirka ta Kudu.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Samarasekera, Udani (2021). "Linda-Gail Bekker—a leader at the service of the world". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Elsevier BV. 21 (6): 778. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00283-8. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 34051192 Check
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value (help). - ↑ "Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Linda-Gail Bekker". FIc (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "The NS Interview: Linda-Gail Bekker". www.newstatesman.com (in Turanci). 5 November 2009. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Vax Report - Vax Report". www.vaxreport.org (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Gilla Kaplan". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ "South Africa: Linda-Gail Bekker Scoops Award for TB/HIV". Health-e (Cape Town). 2009-10-30. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ "African scientist wins award for HIV and TB co-infection research - Science News". royalsociety.org (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Professor Linda-Gail Bekker MBChB DTMH DCH FCP(SA) PhD | Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine". www.idm.uct.ac.za (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation | Background". Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Conference Committees". www.aids2018.org (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Bekker, L.-G.; Wood, R. (2011-11-01). "TB and HIV co-infection: When to start antiretroviral therapy". Continuing Medical Education (in Turanci). 29 (10): 420. ISSN 2078-5143.
- ↑ "HIV Self-Test Granted CE Mark - Clinical Lab Products". Clinical Lab Products (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Bekker, Linda-Gail - Virology Education". Virology Education (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Professor Linda-Gail Bekker opens the International AIDS Symposium Conference | Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation". Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (in Turanci). 2017-08-01. Archived from the original on 19 Feb 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Expresso Show (2017-12-04), World Aids Day – Linda-Gail Bekker, retrieved 2018-05-28
- ↑ Bekker, Linda-Gail. "Three decades on, stigma still stymies HIV prevention and treatment". The Conversation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Bekker, Linda-Gail. "Rings and things ... other ways to prevent HIV are on the cards". The Conversation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Bekker, Linda-Gail. "Explainer: the how, what and why of the latest HIV vaccine trial". The Conversation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Bekker, Linda-Gail. "AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps". The Conversation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Southern Africa: Update On the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar)". United States Department of State (Washington, DC). 2017-07-26. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Patel, Khadija; Malan, Mia (16 March 2021). "Trials, tinsel & tango: Go inside Linda-Gail Bekker's COVID world – Bhekisisa". Bhekisisa. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ "Update On Covid-19 (16th May 2021)". SA Corona Virus Online Portal. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.