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Nigerian-born doctor (born 1937)
Dr. Olayinka Koso-Thomas |
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Born | 1937 |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
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Citizenship |
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone |
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Occupation | Doctor |
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Medical career |
Awards | Prince of Asturias Award |
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Olayinka Koso-Thomas (born 1937) is a
Nigerian-born doctor who lives in
Sierra Leone.
[1] She is known internationally for her efforts to abolish
female genital cutting. In 1998, she shared a
Prince of Asturias Award for this work.
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Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation |
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- 1981:
José López Portillo
- 1982:
Enrique V. Iglesias
- 1983:
Belisario Betancur
- 1984:
Contadora group
- 1985:
Raúl Alfonsín
- 1986:
University of Salamanca and
University of Coimbra
- 1987:
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1988:
Óscar Arias
- 1989:
Jacques Delors and
Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990:
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- 1991:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- 1992:
Frederik W. de Klerk and
Nelson Mandela
- 1993:
United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
- 1994:
Yitzhak Rabin and
Yasser Arafat
- 1995:
Mário Soares
- 1996:
Helmut Kohl
- 1997:
Government of Guatemala and the
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
- 1998:
Emma Bonino,
Olayinka Koso-Thomas,
Graça Machel,
Fatiha Boudiaf,
Rigoberta Menchú,
Fatana Ishaq Gailani, and
Somaly Mam
- 1999:
Pedro Duque,
John Glenn,
Chiaki Mukai, and
Valeri Polyakov
- 2000:
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- 2001:
International Space Station
- 2002: The
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- 2003:
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- 2004: The European Union's
Erasmus Programme
- 2005:
Simone Veil
- 2006:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2007:
Al Gore
- 2008:
Manhiça Centre of Health Research (Mozambique),
Ifakara Health Institute (Tanzania),
Malaria Research and Training Centre (Mali), and
Kintampo Health Research Centre (Ghana)
- 2009:
World Health Organization
- 2010:
The Transplantation Society and the Spanish
National Transplant Organization
- 2011:
Bill Drayton
- 2012:
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 2013:
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
- 2014:
Fulbright Program
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