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REGIONAL COMMIITEE FOR AFRICA F orty-ninth session Windhoek, Namjbja. 30 AUlmst - 3 Sl'l'tember 1999 Provisional a~enda item 13
AFR/RC49/16 Rev.l 19 July 1999 ORIGINAL: ENGUSH
NOMINATION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE ALTERNATE CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE YEAR 2000 L Considering the subject proposed for the Technical Discussions of the fiftieth session of the Regional Committee, the Regional Director hereby proposes as Chairman and Altemate Chairman of the technical discussions in the year 2000, !wo personalities with vast experience in the provision of care for pregnant women and other related emerging issues, at various levels of the health care system including the community, 2, The !wo personalities are Professor Ke1sey Atangamuerino Harrison from Nigeria and Dr Maria do Rosario de Fatima Madeira Rita from Angola, Their curricula vitae are attached hereto, as annexes, 3, The Regional Committee is requested to consider this proposai and nominate the Chairman and the Altemate Chairrnan of the Technical Discussions of the year 2000.
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ANNEXI CURRICULUM VITAE SURNAME:Harrison OTHERNAMES TITLE Kelsey Atangamuerino Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Part Harcourt Nigeria (Statutory retirement: June 1998) 9 January 1933 Nigerian lehtolantie 3-5 As 3 FIN-04320 Tuusula, Finland Telephone No: (358)-9-2753135
DATE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY ADDRESS
PRESENT FUNCTIONS: Professor emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria PREVIOUS FUNCTIONS (University): Vice-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1989-1992). Acting Dean, Faculty of Clinica! Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, (1982). Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, (1976-1978). Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaeeology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (1973-1976). Lecturer and, subsequently, Senior Lecturer, Department ofObstetrics and Gynaeco!ogy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1967-1972). Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool, UK, (1993-1994). Visiting Scientist, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, UK. Senior Visiting Scientist, Department ofObstetries and Gynaeeology, St George's Hospital Medical Sehool, London, UK (1988). Visiting Professor, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, (1979-1980). MEMBERSIDP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES: Member, Royal College ofObstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1964. Fellow, Nigerian Medical Couneil for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1971. Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1973. Fellow, West African College of Surgeons, 1973. Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science, 1988.
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Temporary Adviser, assistance for the preparation of a WHO Monograph on MaternaI Mortality, WHO/Geneva 1984. Consultant at the interregional meeting on prevention of maternaI mortality, Geneva, 1985. Consultant and rapporteur, Expert committee on "Essential Obstetric Functions at the first level ofreferral", Geneva, 1986. Member, WHO Consultant Group on standards related to maternai and child health and the perinatal period, Washington, USA, 1987. Membership of the Committee on Resources for Research, Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Geneva, 1987-1990. Membership of WHO technieal working groups on "Obstetric Fistula, 1989. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:
Nigerian National Order of Merit (1989). George Macdonald Medal of the Royal Society of Tropical Hygiene, London (1987). Member of the International Advisory Board ofthe Lance! (1990 ta date). UNIVERSITY DEGREES:
MB BS, Degree, University of London: 1958. MD, University of London: 1969. DSc, University of London: 1988. PUBLICATIONS:
Anaemia in Pregnancy. Sickle Cel! Disease in Pregnancy. Adolescent Childbirth. Maternal Mortality and Social Obstetrics.
AFR/RC49116 Rev. 1 page 5 ANNEX2 CURRICULUM VITAE SURNAME OTHERNAMES AGE NATIONALITY PERMANENT ADDRESS Madeira Rita Maria do Rosario de Fatima 57 Years Angolan Rua BrozTito No. 16, 3°B, Luanda Telephone: 344059; 509898, P. O. Box 4060, Luanda
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, DEGREES OBTAINED: Doctor of Medicine (1977) Specialization in Gynaecology and Obstetrics - Postgraduate training in Medical Sciences (1997) COURSES ATTENDED: Health professionals ' advanced course on care provision for STD/HrV/AIDS patients, Luanda. Course organized by the Fluminense Federal University, Ministry of Education, Brazil (30 March 1998 - 10 April 1998) Pre-congress courses on (i) STD/AIDS counselling; and (ii) STD Syndomic approach, organized in Rio de Janeiro by the Brazilian society for the control of sexually transmitted diseases, Ministry of Education and Sports, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil (25 September 1998) Course on breastfeeding, Luanda (29 July 1996) Preparatory course on sterile couples and methodology of advanced training - 45th Brazilian Congress on Gynaecology and Obstetrics (7-11 December 1993) Ultrasound scan in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Mammography, Faculty of Medicine, Valencia, Spain (1-30 September 1990). Histerography and salpingography, course organized by the Reproductive Health Society of Portugal (11-12 August 1990). Basic aspects of scientiftc methodology, course organized by the Cuban Medical Mission, Luanda, (1-20 September 1989). Workshop on planning and management of service distribution programmes in family planning, health and development, Washington DC, organized by the Center for Development and Population Activities, USA (19 September 1988). Introduction to techniques of acupuncture, organized by the Vietnamese Medical Mission, Luanda, Angola (7 December 1987 to 30 March 1988). Reproductive health, course organized by the centre for research on integrated care for mother and child (CPAIMC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (18-29 March 1985). Pre-congress course on endoscopy, 2nd Portuguese Congress on Gynaecology (14-18 June 1981).
AFRlRC49/16Rev.1 page 6 Annex2 PRESENT AND PAST FUNCTIONS: Director of ClinicaJ Services, Lucrecia Paim Maternity, University Teaching Hospital, Luanda (1993 to present day). Coordinator of the midwifery project on care delivery prior to, during and after childbirth and on family planning services, Luanda province, Angola (1993-1997). Specialist in charge ofgynaecology and obstetrics, Lucrecia Paim Matemity (1979-1988). Managing Director, Lucrecia Paim Maternity (1985). Director of Clinical Services, Lucrecia Paim Matemity (1983-1985). Director ofHealth Services, Buco-Zau Municipality, Cabinda, Angola (1978-1979). TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Tutor in charge of sixth-year medical students, Agostino Neto University (1988 to present day). Lecturer, faculty of medicine, Agostino Neto University (1986 to present day) . Member, Board of Examiners, Specialization in Medical Sciences, Postgraduate College of Medical Sciences (1996). SClENTIFlC PUBLICATIONS: MaternaI Mortality, Lucrecia Paim Matemity, "Acta Medica" Luanda, Angola (1997) . Paper presented at the First World Congress on Maternai Mortality, Marrakesh (10-14 March 1997), for which a "Diploma of Honour" was awarded. Maternai Mortality, Characteristics and Causality, Lucrecia Paim hospital, Luanda (1995). Women, work and breastfeeding, Young Men's Christian Association, Luanda, Angola (J994). Child Exploitation as Sex Workers: Child Prostitution and Pornography, Luanda (1997). Ectopie Pregnancy, Complicated Pregnancy - a case study: published in ajoumal of obstetrics and gynaecology, an organ of the Portuguese Society ofObstetrics and Gynaecology, P277. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES, ETC.: Active member of the Brazilian Society for the control of Sexually Transmirted Diseases (1998). Member of the Public Health Association of Angola (1997). Member of the Reproductive Health Society ofPorrugal (1994) .