Adenike Grange

Adenike Grange farfesa ne a fannin ilimin yara, mashawarci, marubuci kuma tsohon Ministan Lafiya . An nada ta ne a ranar 25 ga Yulin 2007, inda ta zama ministar lafiya ta farko a Najeriya. A lokacin aikinta, ta yi aiki don inganta harkokin kiwon lafiya, rage mace-macen mata masu juna biyu da cututtuka a tsakanin kungiyoyi masu rauni. An kama ta ne bisa umarnin shugaban kasa Umaru Musa 'Yar'aduwa kan karkatar da kudaden gwamnati da suka kai Naira miliyan 300 da ba a yi amfani da su ba. Hukumar da ke yaki da masu yi wa tattalin arzikin kasa zagon kasa (EFCC) ne ta binciki ta inda aka gurfanar da ita a gaban kuliya. Ta yi murabus daga ofishin a ranar 26 ga Maris 2008.

 Fage 
Adenike Grange ya yi makarantar sakandare a Legas sannan ya yi makarantar St. Francis' College, Letchworth a Burtaniya . Daga 1958 zuwa 1964 ta karanci likitanci a jami'ar St Andrews da ke Scotland. Ta yi aiki a asibitin Dudley Road da ke Birmingham kafin ta dawo Najeriya a shekarar 1965, inda ta ci gaba da aiki a asibitocin Legas. Ta koma Birtaniya a 1967 kuma ta zama babbar jami'ar kula da lafiyar yara (Pediatrics) a asibitin St Mary's Hospital for Children, sannan ta sami Diploma a kan lafiyar yara a 1969. A 1971 ta shiga Asibitin Koyarwa na Jami'ar Legas . A 1978, ta zama malama a kwalejin likitanci, Jami'ar Legas . Ta zama babban malami a 1981 kuma farfesa a 1995. 

Grange ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Tarayya, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA da USAID .  Ita ce mai ba da shawara ta WHO kan shirin kiwon lafiyar haihuwa a Najeriya daga 1993 zuwa 1999. Ita ce marubucin littattafan kimiyya sama da hamsin, musamman kan gudawa da yanayin abinci mai gina jiki ga yara. Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar likitocin yara ta duniya.  A cikin aikinta, ta zama sananne a matsayin mai ba da shawara don inganta lafiyar yara. 

A ranar 25 ga Yuli, 2007, Grange ya zama ministar lafiya ta Tarayyar Najeriya, inda ta zama mace ta farko da ta rike mukamin. 

A ranar 9 ga Nuwamba 2007, Grange ya gabatar da Lancet Lancet a Cibiyar Lafiya ta Duniya da Ci gaba ta UCL .

Ta bayyana cewa, "Akwai isassun dabarun ilimi, dabaru, kayan aiki, magunguna da ka'idojin magani don warkar da cututtuka da kuma tsawaita rayuwa, amma gaskiyar ita ce tsarin da aka tsara don samar da waɗannan sakamakon ba su da isasshen ko ma babu wanda ke da matsala a duniya". Ta bayyana yin aiki a Najeriya don daidaita hanyoyin samar da lafiya tare da yin koyi da mafi kyawun ayyuka daga wasu ƙasashe. Abubuwan da aka ba da fifiko sun haɗa da kawar da cutar shan inna, magance zazzabin cizon sauro, rage mace-macen mata masu juna biyu, da rage yawan cututtuka a cikin ƙungiyoyi masu rauni. 

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