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13/10/21

Q&A: Tanzania’s first female doctor sees big strides

妈妈和医生说话
母亲与医生说话，解释女儿的症状。版权：瑞秋·奇尔顿（Rachel Chilton），美国国际开发署/坦桑尼亚，美国政府工作

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  • ‘I want to be a role model’, says Tanzania’s first female physician
  • 在过去的50年中，对女医生的信任有所增加
  • Access to healthcare remains a challenge for women in Tanzania

经过：迈克尔·卡洛基（Michael Kaloki）

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Esther Mwaikambo在1969年成为坦桑尼亚的第一位女医生时说，人们不相信女人可以成为医生。

Among her many achievements, Mwaikambo established the Medical Women Association of Tanzania in 1987 to inspire and mentor young women to pursue medicine.

Mwaikambo告诉scidev.net她的目标是成为年轻女医生的榜样，因为她开始写有关儿童健康和妇女在医学中角色的书籍。

Esther Mwaikambo信用：Hubert Kairuki纪念大学

You were Tanzania’s first female doctor and you founded the Medical Women Association of Tanzania in 1987, part of whose mission is to mentor young women in the medical field. You have personally indicated a desire to see an increase in female doctors in Tanzania. Has this been achieved?

We have made very big strides on this. Women have been sensitised and we have seen an increase, year by year, of the number of females taking science subjects at high school. The number of female doctors in this country has been increasing substantially for the past ten to 20 years — really, it is impressive. The medical profession is very stressful for young women. However, as time has gone by, women have understood the importance of becoming a doctor. I would not say that we have arrived, but we are making progress. We are improving.

在东非，曾经有一种文化刻板印象，如果诊所中有一位女医生，就不会得到适当的治疗。这是您在社区中目睹的，这是否是让女医生在社区工作的障碍？

是的，很不幸的。这是以前的趋势，但我相信这几乎已经消失了。我记得当我在1969年成为一名医生的医生时，所有女人都不想作为医生来找我，因为她们没有看过或听说过女人是医生。他们总是以护士或助手向我讲话。逐渐地，当他们得知医生也可以成为女性时，她们中的许多人都改变了[他们的意见]。女医生的数量正在增加……女医生比男性更受欢迎。[妇女]希望由女医生管理。

世界卫生组织说，坦桑尼亚在1996年至2021年之间，坦桑尼亚的女性生殖器肢解率降低了近50％。您是否觉得自己的工作有助于这种减少？

Considering where we were coming from in 1996, when the campaigns against female genital mutilation started, I think we’ve made good progress. And it’s my opinion that our struggles made a substantial change. I’m proud of that. And it’s my hope that we will conquer, so that female genital mutilation continues to reduce.

您的职业生涯漫长而杰出，而且您仍然表现强大。你未来的计划是什么？

我必须承认，我的职业生涯非常有益，担任医生和儿科教授。这对我来说非常满意。我现在将成为一名名誉教授[退休教授的名誉]。我非常高兴地从自己的职位上退休，因为在我的整个工作期间，它一直很有意义。我的计划是在该行业中写书，尤其是在儿科和儿童健康方面，并继续培养年轻的医生。对于这些年轻的女医生来说，有很多挑战和问题，所以我希望他们以我为榜样，同时也要阅读他们如何在这个职业中生活。因为这对他们来说是一个光荣的职业。

为了清晰和简洁，这次采访已被编辑。

This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.