Mireille Dosso (2011)

Mireille Carmen Dosso (born 1952) is a Comorian-born Ivorian microbiologist and virologist. Appointed director of the Pasteur Institute in Abidjan in 2004, she has recently become one of the leading Africans to be involved in the fight against COVID-19. She has previously been successful in fighting other viruses, including the H1N1 swine fever pandemic and dengue fever in 2019.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born on 27 April 1952 on the island of Anjouan,[4] Mireille Dosso passed the baccalaureat in 1969. She then attended the medical department at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, earning a doctorate in 1980, the first woman to do so. In 1974, she married Adama Dosso, a military pilot,[2] who was assassinated in 2011.[5]

Thanks to a scholarship, she continued her studies in Marseille (1981), Montpellier. She went on to earn a second doctorate in human biology at the University of Montpellier in 1988 before returning to Abidjan. After serving as a university lecturer in microbiology, in 1992 she was promoted to professor. In 1997, she became a member of CAMES (Conseil africain et malgache pour l'enseignement supérieur).[2]

Appointed director of the Pascal Institute in the Ivory Coast in 1972, she now forms part of the scientific committee responsible for monitoring progress on COVID-19, the only woman member.[1][4]

Awards

In November 2005 in Budapest, Mireille Dosso was honoured with the UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal.[6] In 2011, she was awarded the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Prize for Scientific Women.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Covid-19: L'Ivoirienne Mireille Dosso dans les onze Africains et Africaines qui contribuent à contenir la pandémie sur leur continent" (in French). Fraternité Matin. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professeur Dossi Mireille Carmen: une virtuose des sciences" (in French). Afrique Matin. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Saki, Léon (20 March 2020). "Prof. Mireille Carmen DOSSO: Un amour profond pour la science" (in French). Plamfe: Afrique Santé. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Afrique/Lutte contre le coronavirus : Le Professeur Mireille Dosso dans le Top onze des Africains combattant le Covid-19" (in French). Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Depeyla, Armand (9 June 2011). "Assassinat du colonel Dosso Adama / Les gardes de corps d'Allou Eugène et Dogbo Blé avouent : "Nous l'avons tué et jeté le corps sur l'autoroute"" (in French). La Dépêche d'Abidjan. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire: Institut Pasteur : Pr Mireille Dosso distinguée en Hongrie" (in French). allAfrica. 14 November 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Prix régional Kwame N'krumah de l'Union Africaine pour la femme scientifique" (in French). Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest(CEDEAU). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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