Jerry Coovadia

**Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia** (2 Agusta 1940 - 4 Oktoba 2023) likita ne na Afirka ta Kudu, malami, kuma tsohon mai fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata. Ya taɓa zama Shugaban Victor Daitz Emeritus kuma Farfesa a Makarantar Magunguna ta Jami'ar KwaZulu-Natal Nelson Mandela.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Hoosen Mahomed Coovadia an haife shi a Durban, Afirka ta Kudu, ranar 2 ga watan Agusta 1940.  Kakanninsa sun yi hijira daga Indiya zuwa Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekarar 1880s. Coovadia ya halarci St. Anthony's, makarantar Katolika, daga baya kuma Sastri College, makarantar sakandare. 

Coovadia a takaice ya halarci Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya a Jami'ar Natal, wanda a wancan lokacin ya kasance mai bambancin launin fata, kafin ya koma Bombay, Indiya don horar da likitanci.  An karɓe shi a Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiyar Grant a Jami'ar Bombay. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya koma Durban don yin aiki a asibitin King Edward VIII. Ya yi aikin likitancin yara a jami'ar Natal da kwalejojin likitancin Afirka ta Kudu sannan ya tafi Jami'ar Birmingham, inda ya samu M.Sc. Immunology a shekarar 1974. Daga nan sai ya koma Sashen kula da ilimin yara a Jami'ar Natal, inda ya sami MD a shekarar 1978. 

An naɗa shi mataimakin farfesa a Jami'ar Natal a shekarar 1982 da Farfesa Ad Hominem a shekarar 1986. Daga shekarun 1990 zuwa 2000, ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa kuma shugaban kula da lafiyar yara da lafiyar yara a Jami'ar Natal. Tun daga lokacin ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Victor Daitz a Binciken Cutar Kanjamau, Darakta na Kimiyyar Halittu a Cibiyar Kula da Cutar Kanjamau (HIVAN), da kuma darektan kimiyya na Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Doris Duke a Makarantar Magunguna ta Nelson Mandela a Jami'ar KwaZulu Natal. 

Coovadia ya shiga cikin jagorancin United Democratic Front (UDF) a cikin shekarar 1970s. Ya zama shugaban hukumar kula da lafiyar mata da yara, wanda gwamnatin Mandela ta kirkiro.  Ya yi aiki a kan zartarwa na National Medical and Dental Association (NAMDA), wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1982.   A cikin shekarar 1980s, Coovadia ya mayar da hankali kan al'amurran da suka shafi rashin abinci mai gina jiki da cututtuka na yara, amma sai ya faɗaɗa mayar da hankalinsa ya haɗa da cutar kanjamau, musamman watsar da uwa-da- yaro.   Ya kasance mai sukar manufofin gwamnatin Thabo Mbeki kan cutar kanjamau kuma ya yi kamfen sosai don amfani da maganin cutar kanjamau. A shekara ta 2000, ya kasance mataimakin shugaban taron ƙasa da ƙasa na AIDS a Durban.  

Bayan mutuwar Farfesa Coovadia, shugaba Cyril Ramaphosa na Afirka ta Kudu ya ce, "Za a ji hasarar al'ummarmu a duniya baki ɗaya, amma za mu iya yin alfahari da ta'aziyya daga fitowar kwararre na kimiyya da kuma alamar tausayi da juriya daga ƙasarmu."  Farfesa Coovadia ya jagoranci wasu fitattun ɗalibai da suka haɗa da Farfesa Salim Abdool Karim, Farfesa Quarraisha Abdool Karim da masanin Fulbright Anand Reddi.  

Dr. Coovadia ya mutu a ranar 4 ga watan Oktoba 2023 a gidansa a Durban bayan wani lokaci na rashin lafiya. 

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa

* 1999 Tauraron Afirka ta Kudu don ba da gudummawa ga dimokuraɗiyya da lafiya daga Shugaba Nelson Mandela 
* 2000 lambar yabo ta Nelson Mandela don Lafiya da kare 'Yancin Ɗan Adam 
* 2000 US National Academy of Medicine Zaɓaɓɓen Memba 
* 2004 Wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Afirka ta Kudu
* 2004 Kwalejin Kimiyya na Afirka ta Kudu, Kimiyya don Medal Zinare na Al'umma
* 2013 AAAS Kyautar 'Yanci na Kimiyya da Nauyi 

## Ayyuka

**Host Allergic Response Variation in Children with Measles Infection*, University of Natal, Durban, 1977
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## Manazarta