Peter John N'Dow

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Peter John N'Dow (born November 22, 1923 in Bathurst ) is a Gambian medic and civil servant.

Life

N'Dow first attended St. Augustine's Preparatory School in Bathurst and then St. Edward's Secondary School in Freetown (Sierra Leone). He then went to Great Britain to Skerries College , Edinburgh and then studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1953 . In 1960 he graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in public health.

In St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin was then hired as a physician from the 1952nd From 1952 to 1953 as a medical director at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Dover (Great Britain). With the government of Gambia he was from 1953 to 1961 medical officer and from 1961 to 1964 medical officer of Health. Deputy Director of Medical Services from 1964 to 1969 and then Medical Superintendent until 1971. Chief Medical Officer from 1971 to 1976. In 1976 he was appointed Director of Medical Services.

From 1976 he was a member of the West African College of Physicians , and became its vice-president. As a Gambian delegate, he has been a member of the World Health Assembly and the Commonwealth Medical Conferences since 1971 . He is also a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Board on Viral Diseases.

family

N'Dow has been married since 1953 and has three daughters and two sons.

Awards and honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Ralph Uwachue (Ed.): Africa Who's Who . 3. Edition. Africa Books Ltd., 1996, ISBN 0-903274-21-3 .
personal data
SURNAME N'Dow, Peter John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian medic and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathurst