Bernice Dahn

**Bernice T. Dahn** likita ce a Liberia, shugabar lafiyar jama'a kuma mai kula da ilimi. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Ministar Lafiya da Babban Jami'in Lafiya na Liberia tsakanin shekarun 2007 da 2015 kuma an naɗa ta Ministar Lafiya a watan Yunin 2015, tana aiki har zuwa farkon shekarar 2018. Tun daga shekarar 2018 ta riƙe manyan muƙamai na shugabanci a Kwalejin Kimiyyar Lafiya ta Jami'ar Liberia, ciki har da Mataimakiyar Shugabar Kimiyyar Lafiya. Aikinta ya mayar da hankali kan sake gina tsarin lafiyar Liberia bayan rikicin basasa da annobar Ebola, faɗaɗa ayyukan kiwon lafiya na al'umma, da kuma karfafa ma'aikatan lafiya.  

## Ilimi
Dahn ta sami digirin farko a fannin ilmin dabbobi da kuma digirin digirgir a fannin likitanci daga Jami'ar Liberia. Daga baya ta sami digirin digiri na biyu a fannin lafiyar jama'a a fannin ayyukan lafiya daga Jami'ar Washington a shekarar 2005.  

Ta kuma kammala takaddun horo kan lafiyar haihuwa, lafiyar ƙasa da ƙasa, da kuma kula da lafiya daga cibiyoyin yanki da na duniya. 

## Aiki

### Matsayin farko
Kafin ta shiga Ma'aikatar Lafiya, Dahn ta yi aiki a fannin lafiyar iyali, lafiyar haihuwa, da kuma shirye-shiryen abinci mai gina jiki a Laberiya. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan lafiyar haihuwa tare da Asusun Yawan Jama'a na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya. 

### Mataimakiyar Minista kuma Babbar Jami'in Lafiya
Tsakanin shekarun 2007 da 2015 Dahn ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Ministan Lafiya kuma Babbar Jami'in Lafiya. A wannan matsayin ta tsara shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiya na ƙasa, ta kula da manufofin rigakafin cututtuka da lafiyar uwa da yara, kuma ta yi aiki tare da abokan hulɗa na ƙasashen duniya don sake gina ayyuka bayan rikicin basasar Liberia. 

### Ministar Lafiya (2015–2018)
A watan Yunin 2015, Shugaba Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ta naɗa Dahn Ministar Lafiya.  Ta hau mulki a lokacin murmurewa daga annobar cutar Ebola ta 2014-2016. A matsayinta na minista, ta jagoranci gyare-gyare a fannin rigakafi da kula da kamuwa da cuta, dawo da ayyukan kiwon lafiya na yau da kullum, da kuma aiwatar da Manufar Ayyukan Lafiyar Al'umma ta Ƙasa a shekarar 2016, wacce ta kafa wani shiri na Mataimakin Lafiyar Al'umma.

Dahn ta kuma kula da ci gaban Tsarin Shirin Ma'aikatan Lafiya na farko a Laberiya, wanda aka tsara don faɗaɗa adadi da ƙarfin ma'aikatan lafiya.  Ta bar ma'aikatar a watan Janairun 2018 bayan ƙarshen gwamnatin Sirleaf.

### Jagorancin ilimi
Bayan ta bar gwamnati, Dahn ta shiga Kwalejin Kimiyyar Lafiya ta Jami'ar Liberia. Ta zama Mataimakiyar Shugabar Kimiyyar Lafiya, inda ta kula da gyare-gyare a shirye-shiryen ilimi, kafa sabbin makarantu ciki har da kiwon lafiya da ungozoma, da kuma ƙarfafa tsarin gudanar da bincike da tallafi.  Tana yawan yin jawabi a tarurrukan ƙasa da ƙasa kan cutar Ebola, haɓaka ma'aikata, da juriyar tsarin lafiya. 

## Wallafe-wallafe

* Dahn B, Kerr L, Nuthulaganti T, Massaquoi M, Subah M, Yaman A, Plyler CM, Cancedda C, Marshall RE, Marsh RH. "Dabarar Shirin Ma'aikatan Lafiya ta Farko ta Liberia: Tunani da Darussa da Aka Koya". *Annals of Global Health*. 2021;87(1):88. doi:10.5334/aogh.3242. 

## Lambobin yabo da karramawa
Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Washington ta bayyana Dahn a matsayin ɗalibar da ta fara karatu a jami'a wacce ke da tasiri a duniya.  A shekarar 2016 an karrama ta a lokacin bikin bayar da kyaututtuka ga ma'aikata na duniya saboda rawar da ta taka wajen murmurewa daga cutar Laberiya. 

## Duba kuma

* Lafiya a Laberiya
* Annobar Cutar Ebola a Yammacin Afirka
* Jami'ar Laberiya

## Manazarta