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Sheila Dinotshe Tlou is a Botswana specialist in HIV/AIDS and women's health, and a nursing educator. She was Minister of Health from 2004 to 2008. ==Education and career== Tlou studied at Teachers College, Columbia University, U.S., obtaining an M.A. in Education (concentrating in Curriculum and Instruction in the Health Sciences).〔http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/regions/easternandsouthernafrica/rstdirectorforeasternandsouthernafrica/〕 She took her PhD in community health nursing and a diploma in gender issues, at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. She has taught at the University of Botswana from 1980. From 1994 to 1996 she was head of Nursing Education, becoming an associate professor in 1999, and 2002–04 she was the university's HIV/AIDS coordinator. Tlou represented Botswana at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. In 2002 she was appointed to a special UN task force on girls, women, and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. she has also provided consultancy to UNAIDS, the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the World Health Organisation. She took part in the international community educator meetings for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.〔(Nurses at the Forefront of HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Care and Treatment ) Profile of Tlou, Canadian Nurses Association conference. Toronto, Canada, August 1996. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.〕 Tlou is married to Botswana historian Professor Thomas Tlou. She has portrayed Precious Ramotswe, the heroine of Alexander McCall Smith's #1 Ladies' Detective Agency book series, in amateur theater productions, and at one time was mentioned in media reports as a possible choice to portray Mma Ramotswe in the Hollywood film adaptation currently in production.〔(Tlou mum over Mma Ramotswe role ) Article from the South African Cape Film Society newsletter, quoting a Sunday Times article.〕 Following the October 2004 general election, Tlou was appointed as Minister of Health on November 9, 2004.〔("Mogae appoints cabinet - Ten new faces - Five women" ), BOPA, November 10, 2004.〕 After being defeated in primary elections of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Palapye, Tlou was dismissed from the Cabinet on April 1, 2008, when Ian Khama took office as President.〔Gideon Nkala, ("Khama fires five ministers" ), ''Mmegi Online'', April 2, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheila Tlou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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