Catherine Kyobutungi

**Catherine Kyobutungi** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1972) masaniyar ilimin cututtukan Uganda ce wacce a halin yanzu ke aiki a matsayin Babbar Darakta na Cibiyar Binciken Jama'a da Lafiya ta Afirka (APHRC)   da kuma Shugaban Joep Lange a Jami'ar Amsterdam. An zabe ta zuwa Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Afirka a shekarar 2018.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Kyobutungi a shekara ta 1972 a Gulu a Uganda .  Ta fara karatun likita a Jami'ar Makerere a shekarar 1990. Bayan kammala karatunta a 1996 ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'in kiwon lafiya a asibitin Rushere Community Hospital .  Kyobutungi ta ƙaura daga likitancin asibiti zuwa lafiyar jama'a saboda ta ji za ta iya ceton rayuka ta hanyar gyara tsarin kiwon lafiya na Afirka. Ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin kiwon lafiyar al'umma da kuma digiri na biyu na digiri a fannin yaduwar cututtuka daga Jami'ar Ruprecht Karl ta Heidelberg a shekara ta 2002. Binciken digirin ta ya dogara ne a Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a da Farfesa Dr. rer ke kula da ita. An haife shi. Heiko Becher .   A shekara ta 2006 Kyobutungi ya shiga Cibiyar Binciken Jama'a da Lafiya ta Afirka a matsayin ɗan'uwan postdoctoral, kuma daga ƙarshe an zaba shi a matsayin Shugaban Shirin Bincike da Tsarin.  Bayan kammala karatunsa Kyobutungi ya fara koyarwa a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Mbarara . 

## Bincike da aiki
A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2017, an sanya Kyobutungi a matsayin Darakta na Bincike a Cibiyar Bincike ta Jama'a da lafiya ta Afirka (APHRC).  A cikin wannan damar ta kimanta Lafiyar uwa da ƙalubalen da ke faruwa a biranen Afirka. Kyobutungi ya nemi karfafa mulki a cikin ayyukan kiwon lafiya na gida, da kuma samar da horo, ababen more rayuwa da kayan aiki. Yayinda masu bincike na Afirka a cikin waɗannan cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya na gida zasu iya samar da adadi mai yawa na bayanan kiwon lafiya masu amfani, sau da yawa ba su da ikon nazarin shi. Kyobutungi ya bayyana bayanan bincike na Afirka da ba a yi amfani da su ba kamar yadda ake amfani da su, "a halin yanzu za mu iya gani da samun damar karamin adadi - kamar kunnuwan hippo a cikin ruwa - amma mun san cewa akwai babbar yiwuwar da ke kwance a ƙasa da farfajiya".

An sanya ta a matsayin Babban Darakta ta APHRC a shekarar 2017. A nan aikinta ya yi la'akari da yaduwar cututtukan zuciya, yaduwar ciwon sukari a cikin al'ummomin birane matalauta da hanyoyin hana cututtuken zuciya a cikin unguwanni na Nairobi. Ita ce shugabar farko ta Kungiyar Epidemiological ta Kenya . Kyobutungi ta yi ƙoƙari don inganta damar 'yan mata zuwa ilimi, gami da ci gaban albarkatun al'umma da masu ba da shawara. 7.s.s.

A cikin 2019 an sanar da Kyobutungi a matsayin Shugaban Joep Lange, matsayin da take bincika cututtukan da ba sa yaduwa a kasashen Afirka. Cututtukan da ba sa yaduwa suna ƙaruwa a ƙasashen Afirka, kuma tsarin kiwon lafiya na yanzu ba su da kayan aiki don magance mutanen da suka shafa. Ana mai da hankali kan kudi da horo na kasashen waje har zuwa yau akan cutar kanjamau / AIDS, zazzabin cizon sauro da tarin fuka, wanda ke nufin cewa gwaje-gwaje masu sauki na kiwon lafiya kamar auna hawan jini sau da yawa ana watsi da su. Kyobutungi na tallafawa ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya don ziyartar al'ummomin yankin tare da ƙuƙwalwar jini don saka idanu kan hauhawar jini. Ta gano cewa don karfafa masu haƙuri da shiga likita dole ne ta haɗa da ƙarfafa tattalin arziki, tana ba da shillings 100 ga kowane mai haƙuri da aka bincika wanda ya ziyarci asibitin. Tare da kafa shirin bincike wanda ke binciken kula da cututtukan da ba su da tsanani da hanyoyin karfafa tsarin kiwon lafiya, Kyobutungi yana bincika rawar da fasahar dijital ke takawa wajen haɗa marasa lafiya da tsarin kiwon lafiyar su. Ta yi nazarin tasirin Yarjejeniyar Tsarin WHO kan Kula da Taba sigari a kan dokokin taba sigari a Afirka ta Kudu.

Kyobutungi yana aiki a majalisar Jami'ar Kasa da Kasa ta Amurka ta Afirka .  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin darakta na Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), kungiyar da ke neman sake ginawa da karfafa karfin jami'o'in Afirka. An zabe ta zuwa Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Afirka a shekarar 2018.  

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