Anna Qabale Duba is a female Kenyan nurse and an epidemiologist known for her work fighting against cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and early marriages.
Early life and career
editDuba was born in Torbi, a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. She was the youngest child in a polygamous family of 19 siblings and 3 mothers, of which her mother was the first.[1] At the age of 12, Duba was subjected to female genital mutilation and escaped forced early marriage at age 14.[2][3] Duba was the only educated child in her family.[3] She attended Kenya Methodist University where she received a bachelor's degree in nursing. She went on to receive an M.S. degree from Moi University in Kenya.[1] In 2016 she was a Mandela Washington Fellows in the United States.[4] She also promotes the development of pastorialist's community in Kenya.[5]
Awards
editIn year 2022, Duba was crowned the first recipient of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award[6][5] and used the funding to support educational options in her village.[7][2] In year 2019, she won the Global Citizens' People's Choice Award in New York.[1][4] She was also the former Miss Tourism Kenya.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jacob, Mahima Anna (January 16, 2023). "Anna Qabale Duba, the African Nightingale". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b Raj OK, Anand (5 May 2023). "Award-winning Kenyan nurse is changing lives in her village". Gulf News; Dubai – via Proquest.
- ^ a b Odhiambo, Rhoda (2022-05-13). "Kenyan fighting FGM crowned world's best nurse". BBC. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ a b Sankar, Anjana (2022-10-13). "Nurse from Kenya builds a school after winning $250,000 prize in Dubai". The National. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ a b African health care workers transform rural communities | CNN, 2022-08-22, retrieved 2023-10-26
- ^ Chaudhary, Suchitra Bajpai (12 May 2022). "Dubai: Kenyan nurse Anna Qabale Duba wins Aster Guardian Global Nursing Award". Gulf News; Dubai – via Proquest.
- ^ Abdulla, Nasreen (18 February 2023). "UAE: Kenyan nursing award winner opens school with prize money". Khaleej Times; Dubai – via Proquest.
- ^ "FGM survivors are resilient, powerful agents of change". The New Vision; Kampala. 7 Feb 2024 – via Proquest.