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Linda Bekker

born 1962

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Linda-Gail Bekker MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP(SA) is a professor of Medicine and Chief Executive Officer of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation. She is also Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town. She is a Past President of the International AIDS Society (2016–18).

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 30, 1961
Zimbabwe
Citizenship

Zimbabwe

Occupations & fields
physicianuniversity teacherHIV/AIDS activist
Awards & honours
Royal Society Africa AwardFellow of the International Science Council
Field and occupation
jihoafrická lékařka, zabývá se výzkumem a léčbou AIDS a tuberkolózy (Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation; Desmund Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town). Působila jako předsedkyně International AIDS Society (2016-2018)
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