Sylvie Ngouadakpa is a

nurse Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

and university lecturer from the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

. She is the first woman from the Central African Republic to be awarded the

Florence Nightingale Medal The Florence Nightingale Medal is an international award presented to those distinguished in nursing and named after British nurse Florence Nightingale. The medal was established in 1912 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), f ...

Biography

In 2011 Ngouadakpa became the first woman from the Central African Republic to be awarded the

. In her acceptance speech she dedicated the award to all the nurses of the CAR. She is Director of the University Institute of Paramedical Training (IUMP), based at the Central African Red Cross in collaboration with the

University of Bangui The University of Bangui () is a public university located in Bangui, Central African Republic. History Before independence in Oubangui-Chari (later to be called the Central African Republic), most students going on to higher education headed f ...

. She was previously head of the Association of Nurses of Midwives of the Central African Republic (ANISCA). Ngouadakpa is married and has seven children.

References

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