Adanech Kidanemariam Explained
Adanech Kidanemariam (1943–2016) was an Ethiopian nurse, public health educator and government minister. She was appointed Minister of Health in Ethiopia in 1991.[1]
Life
In the late 1960s Adanech Kidanemariam was a student activist, with a reputation for political commitment and courage.[2]
She graduated from the medical school formerly known as Gondar College of Public Health, and started her career as a community nurse and midwife. She also taught public health and was head of the public health department in Addis Ababa University's medical faculty. In 1984 she was working for the Ethiopian Department of Community Health (DCH), when it launched The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development.[3]
Appointed minister of health in 1991, she held the post for three years.[1]
Writing
- (with Azeb Tamirat) 'Gender influence on women's health'. In Tsehai Berhane-Selassie, ed., Gender issues in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, 1991.
Notes and References
- Book: Enawgaw Mehari . Kinfe Gebeyehu . Zergabachew Asfaw . The Manual of Ethiopian Medical History . Senay Aregawi . Bezawit Tekola . Kinfe Gebeyehu . The Contribution of Women in the Fields of Medical Science and Medical Care in Ethiopia . People To People . 2012 . 52–56 .
- Book: Horst, Ian Scott . Like Ho Chi Minh! Like Che Guevara! The Revolutionary Left in Ethiopia, 1969-1979 . Foreign Languages Press . Paris . 2020 . 31 . 978-2-491182-27-4 .
- Yayehyirad Kitaw . Asfaw Desta . Hailemariam Kahssay . Background and objectives of launching The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 1984 . Ethiopian Journal of Health Development .
