Miriam Were
Miriam Were (born 1940) is a Kenyan novelist, physician and university teacher.
Also recorded as Miriam K. Were · Miriam Khamadi Were
Miriam Were
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- Full name
- Miriam Khamadi.
- Born
- 1940. · Kenya.
- Nationality
- Kenya.
- Occupation
- novelist, physician, university teacher and writer.
- Fields
- health, public health, human health activities and HIV.
- Education
- University of Nairobi, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Honours
- Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize and Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences.
- Languages
- English.
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Biography
Recorded at birth as Miriam Khamadi.
Miriam Were studied at University of Nairobi, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is health, public health and human health activities. Employment is recorded with University of Nairobi. Distinctions recorded are Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize and Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences.
Miriam Were, Chairperson of the National AIDS Control Council, met Masato Mugitani, Deputy Director-General for Global Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in Tōkyō Metropolis on October 7, 2011.
内閣府 · 内閣府ホームページ · 第１回 野口英世アフリカ賞 受賞者 ミリアム・ウェレ博士が来日しました。: 野口英世アフリカ賞 - 内閣府
野口英世アフリカ賞の運営の改善に向けた有識者懇談会
内閣官房内閣広報室 · kantei.go.jp – 令和2年7月16日 野口英世アフリカ賞の運営の改善に向けた有識者懇談会
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