Shitaye Alemu

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Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Ethiopian physician and academic, "a venerated local internist who pioneered diabetes care in northern Ethiopia".[1] An expert in non-communicable diseases,[2] she has published on diabetes, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia.[3] She is Professor of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.[4]

Life[edit]

Dr Shitaye Alemu began her teaching career in the University of Gondar in 1984. In January 2001 she became chair of the university's Anti-HIV/AIDS project. In May 2019 she was promoted to full professorship.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ora Paltiel, On Being a Doctor: Succor, Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 171, 2019, p. 141. doi:10.7326/M19-0313
  2. ^ Geoff Watts, Shitaye Alemu Balcha: committed to rural health care in Ethiopia, The Lancet, 4 May 2019. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30900-6
  3. ^ Shitaye Alemu, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. Accessed 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Dr. Shitaye Alemu Promoted to Professor, Addis Insight, 17 May 2019. Accessed 11 July 2020.