Francisca Mutapi

**Francisca Mutapi** Francisca Mutapi, farfesa ne a fannin kamuwa da cututtukan lafiya da rigakafi na duniya, babban darektan Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Duniya a Jami'ar Edinburgh, kuma mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa (NIHR) Sashin Binciken Kiwon Lafiyar Duniya na Magance Cututtuka don Amfanin Afirka. Ita ce mace baƙar fata ta farko da aka sani da Jami'ar Edinburgh ta ba ta farfesa.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Mutapi kuma ta girma a Zimbabwe. Ta sami digiri na farko a fannin kimiyyar halittu a shekarar 1991 daga Jami'ar Zimbabwe, inda ta lashe lambar yabo ta daliban BSc da kuma lambar yabo ta BSc Honours mafi kyau a fannin Kimiyya. Ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar halittu a Jami'ar Oxford, a matsayin Beit Trust Scholar .  Ita tsohuwa ce a Kwalejin Linacre, Oxford . 

## Ayyuka

Bayan ta kammala karatun digirinta na uku, Mutapi ya samu horon digirin digirgir a Cibiyar Magungunan Tropical Medicine Antwerp daga 1997 zuwa 1999. Ta ci gaba da karantarwa a Kwalejin St Hilda, Oxford da Sashen Koyarwa na Zoology, Jami'ar Oxford.  Ta kuma yi aiki a Sashen Microbiology a Kwalejin Birkbeck da Sashen Nazarin Kimiyyar Dabbobi a Jami'ar Glasgow.

A shekara ta 2002 Mutapi ya shiga Jami'ar Edinburgh a kan Cibiyar Horar da Kimiyyar Kiwon Lafiya. A matsayinsa na mai karatu a Makarantar Kimiyya ta Biological a Jami'ar Edinburgh, binciken Mutapi ya kasance a cikin kiwon lafiya na duniya da cututtukan wurare masu zafi, yana ƙwarewa musamman a cikin nazarin schistosomiasis / bilharzia, cuta da tsutsotsi ke haifar wanda ke tasowa a cikin kwari. Ayyukanta sun ba da gudummawa ga fifiko ga bilharzia a matsayin damuwa game da lafiyar jama'a ta Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) da kamfanin magunguna Merck KgaA . 

A cikin 2012 Mutapi na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Royal Society na Edinburgh's Young Academy .  An zabe ta Fellow na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Afirka a shekarar 2015  kuma Fellow ne na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Zimbabwe. 

Mutapi a halin yanzu farfesa ce a fannin kamuwa da cututtukan lafiya da rigakafi a duniya, kuma ita ce shugabar Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Duniya a Jami'ar Edinburgh. Mutapi kuma shi ne Mataimakin Darakta na Sashin Binciken Kiwon Lafiya na Duniya na NIHR TIBA (Maganin Cututtuka don Amfanin Afirka), wanda ke ɗaukar cikakkiyar hanya don aiwatar da bincike kan manufofin tushen shaida a cikin ƙasashen Afirka, tare da la'akari da kimiyya, ƙalubalen fasaha, da tattalin arziki.

A cikin 2018 an ba Mutapi lambar yabo ta Jami'ar Edinburgh ta Chancellor don Tasiri don nuna godiya ga aikinta kan maganin bilharzia.  A shekara mai zuwa an sanya Mutapi memba na kwamitin ba da shawara ga Asusun Binciken Bincike na Duniya na Burtaniya.

Baya ga aikinta na kimiyya Mutapi mai zane-zane ce, tana amfani da kudade daga aikinta don tallafawa ilimi a Zimbabwe.

## Bincike
Lab na Mutapi a Jami'ar Edinburgh, rukunin Parasite Immuno-epidemiology Group, yana binciken martanin rigakafi ga helminths tsakanin mutane da kuma a cikin al'umma musamman a Afirka.

Bugu da ƙari bincikenta yana mai da hankali kan haɓaka tsarin praziquantel, magani ɗaya da ke da tasiri akan kamuwa da cutar schistosomiasis, ga yara. A halin yanzu miyagun ƙwayoyi babban kwayar cuta ce wacce yara a yankunan da ke da haɗari sosai ke gwagwarmaya kuma galibi ba sa son shan ta.

A halin yanzu babu allurar rigakafin kamuwa da cuta ta tsutsotsi na helminth ciki har da bilharzia. Mutapi yana sahun gaba na hanyoyin kariya don haɓaka sabbin 'yan takarar rigakafi na waɗannan ƙwayoyin cuta. Wannan ya haɗa da yin amfani da na'urar spectrometry don nemo antigens na parasites (sunadaran da ke kunna amsawar rigakafi) waɗanda suke sinadarai don ingantattun alluran rigakafi.

A cikin yankuna masu talauci na Afirka, kamuwa da cuta ta hanyar cututtuka daban-daban abu ne na yau da kullun. Mutapi ya fara bincike a cikin misalai da yawa na wannan, kamar cutar zazzabin cizon sauro da cutar schistosomiasis, da kuma kamuwa da cututtukan nau'ikan zazzabin sauro daban-daban.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Mutapi ya auri Mark Woolhouse, farfesa a fannin cututtukan cututtuka. Tare suna da diya mace.

## Bayanan da aka ambata

## Haɗin waje

* Francisca Mutapi a kan aikinta a matsayin masanin ilimin halitta da bincikenta kan cututtukan wurare masu zafi