James Gita Hakim

**James Gita Hakim** (14 ga Mayu 1954 - 25 Janairu 2021) ɗan ƙasar Zimbabwe ne, likitan dabbobi, likitan zuciya, mai bincike, malamin jami'a kuma mai ba da shawara na ilimi. A lokacin mutuwarsa, ya kasance Farfesa a fannin likitanci kuma tsohon shugaban sashen likitancin cikin gida a Kwalejin Kimiyyar Lafiya ta Jami'ar Zimbabwe.  

## Tarihi da ilimi
An haifi Hakim a Sudan ta Anglo-Masar a ranar 14 ga watan Mayu 1954.    Ya yi hijira zuwa Uganda tun yana yaro ƙarami. Ya yi karatu a St. Mary's College Kisubi, don karatun sakandare, daga S1 zuwa S6. Daga nan ya shiga Makarantar koyon aikin likitanci ta Jami’ar Makerere, inda ya kammala a shekarar 1979, inda ya samu digiri na farko a fannin likitanci da kuma digiri na farko na tiyata.  

Bayan ya shafe shekara guda yana aiki, ya ci gaba da karatunsa na likitanci ta hanyar samun digiri na biyu a fannin likitanci a fannin likitancin ciki, daga Jami'ar Nairobi, a Kenya. Sannan ya yi karatu ya ci jarrabawar da ya kai ga lambar yabo ta Memba a Kwalejin Likitoci ta Sarauta. Daga baya, an zaɓe shi Fellow na Royal College of Physicians. Har ila yau, ya sami digiri na Master of Medical Science a Clinical Epidemiology, wanda aka samu daga Jami'ar Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health a Australia. Ya halarci haɗin gwiwar bayan-doctoral a fannin ilimin zuciya, a Aachen, Jamus. Har ila yau, ya samu nasarar gudanar da kwas na *Ilimin Ma'aikatan Lafiya* a Jami'ar Cape Town. A bikin yaye ɗalibai a shekarar 2016, an zaɓi Farfesa Hakim ne don ba da lambar yabo ta Doctor of Medicine ta Kwalejin Jami'ar London. 

## Sana'a
Hakim ya shiga Kwalejin Kimiyyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Zimbabwe (UZCHS) a cikin shekarar 1992. Ya tashi cikin matsayi don zama Shugaban Likitanci a kwalejin har zuwa shekara ta 2001.  Ya kuma kasance Babban Mai bincike kuma Jagoran Yanar Gizo a cikin Harare-based University of Zimbabwe- University of California San Francisco Clinical Trials Unit. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Daraktan Tsare-tsare na *Shirin KYAUTA*, Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta ƙasa da ta ba da tallafi na ci gaba da horar da manyan malamai a UZCHS. 

Ya kasance ƙwararren mai bincike na asibiti, wanda aka yi kira da ya binciki rigakafin cutar kanjamau da hanyoyin warkewa, gami da kamuwa da cuta, jim kaɗan bayan shiga UZCHS.  Hakim shine darektan farko na kuma ya taimaka wajen gina Cibiyar Nazarin Clinical na Jami'ar Zimbabwe (UZ-CRC).  Ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin ƙwararrun UNAIDS akan HIV/AIDS. A lokacin mutuwarsa, shi ne zaɓaɓɓen wakilin Afirka a Majalisar Mulki ta Ƙungiyar Kanjamau ta Duniya. 

## Sauran la'akari
Hakim ya kasance wanda ya karɓi *lambar yabo ta Ward Cates Spirit na shekarar 2019* a taron *2019 na rigakafin cutar kanjamau* a Washington, DC An karɓe shi saboda “fitacciyar jajircewarsa da jagoranci ga lafiya a matsayin haƙƙi, ƙwararrun kimiyya, da karimci wajen jagoranci da tallafi”. 

## Mutuwa
Bayan wani lokaci na jinya na kimanin makonni biyu, a Asibitin St. Anne da ke Harare, babban birnin Zimbabwe, Hakim ya mutu sakamakon rikice-rikice na COVID-19, a ranar 26 ga watan Janairu 2021.  

Hakim ya rasu ya bar matarsa da ‘ya’ya maza huɗu.  A lokacin mutuwarsa, ya sami takardar zama ɗan ƙasa ta Zimbabwe. 

## Duba kuma

* Betty Mpeka

## Manazarta