Peggy Vidot
Peggy Vidot | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2020 | |
| President | Wavel Ramkalawan |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Adam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peggy Antoinette Vidot[1] 1958–59 |
| Occupation | Nurse, midwife |
Peggy Antoinette Vidot (born 1958–59)[2] is a Seychellois nurse and midwife. Since 3 November 2020, she serves as the Minister of Health.[3]
Biography[edit]
Vidot is a registered midwife from the Luton and Dunstable School of Midwifery, and a registered nurse from the Bath School of Nursing. She graduated with a master's degree in health services management from the University of Manchester.[4]
In 1977, she started her career as a nurse instructor at the School of Nursing in Seychelles.[4] In 2003,[4] she was appointed Health Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.[5] Upon her return to Seychelles[2] in 2012, she was appointed Special Advisor to the Minister for Health,[4] and served until 2016.[2]
Vidot is the chairperson of the National Aids Council in Seychelles,[6] and was a proponent of switching HIV treatment tasks from doctors to nurses and midwives to better combat the disease in Africa.[7] In order to enable the switching, she initiated the African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative (ARC) together with Patricia Riley of the CDC, as a framework to strengthen nursing and midwifery education. In 2011, ARC was established and has been implemented in 17 nations as of 2016.[8]
On 29 October 2020, Vidot was elected Minister of Health, succeeding Jean-Paul Adam.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Order Paper for the Second Sitting of Wednesday the 28th of October, 2020". National Assembly of Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "HEALTH: PS Resigns". Seychelles eNews. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
She was 18 when she became a nurse in 1977.
- ^ "Majority of Seychelles' new cabinet of ministers sworn in to posts". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "President Appoints Health Specialist Peggy Vidot". State House Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Assembly approves nomination of three ministers". Nation of Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Activists march in solidarity with HIV/Aids victims". Nation of Seychelles. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ McCarthy, Carey F.; Verani, Andre Rodrigues; Voss, Joachim G; Vidot, Peggy (2003). "Nursing and midwifery regulation and HIV scale-up: establishing a baseline in East, Central and Southern Africa". Journal of the International AIDS Society. 16: 18051. doi:10.7448/IAS.16.1.18051. PMC 3608854. PMID 23531276.
- ^ "The Quads of Africa". Emory Nursing Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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