Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Ethiopian physician and academic, "a venerated local internist who pioneered diabetes care in northern Ethiopia".[1] An expert in non-communicable diseases,[2] she has published on diabetes, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia.[3] She is Professor of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.[4]
Life
editShitaye Alemu gained her Doctor of Medicine degree from Addis Ababa University in 1982, and a speciality certificate in internal medicine in 1988.[5] She began her teaching career at the University of Gondar in 1984. In January 2001 she became chair of the university's Anti-HIV/AIDS project. In May 2019 she was promoted to full professorship.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ora Paltiel, On Being a Doctor: Succor, Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 171, 2019, p. 141. doi:10.7326/M19-0313
- ^ Geoff Watts, Shitaye Alemu Balcha: committed to rural health care in Ethiopia, The Lancet, 4 May 2019. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30900-6
- ^ Shitaye Alemu, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. Accessed 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b Dr. Shitaye Alemu Promoted to Professor, Addis Insight, 17 May 2019. Accessed 11 July 2020.
- ^ Senay Aregawi; Bezawit Tekola; Kinfe Gebeyehu (2012). "The Contribution of Women in the Fields of Medical Science and Medical Care in Ethiopia". In Enawgaw Mehari; Kinfe Gebeyehu; Zergabachew Asfaw (eds.). The Manual of Ethiopian Medical History. People To People. pp. 52–56.
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