Obituary
Prof.
Stephen Chandiwana (1953-2007)
Prof Stephen Chandiwana, a member of the Board of
Trustees (BoT) of the African Malaria Network
 Trust
(AMANET), passed away peacefully on June 19, 2007 in
South Africa after a long struggle with cancer. He was
laid to rest on June 24 at his farm in Ruwa, a few
kilometres east of Harare.
Prof Chandiwana provided a uniquely African approach
to the deliberations of the AMANET Board meetings.
The Chairman of the AMANET Board of Trustees, his former
colleagues in the BoT, and the staff of the AMANET
Secretariat are united in conveying our kind message of
condolence to the bereaved family.
Prof. Chandiwana was born on June 16 1953 in Mutasa
district, Zimbabwe. He earned a PhD degree in
parasitology and epidemiology at the University of
Zimbabwe. He obtained an MSc degree in parasitology at
Cornell University in the United States. Prof Chandiwana
joined the Blair Research Laboratory (now National
Health Research Institute) in 1981 as a Medical Research
Officer, and later to become the first indigenous
Zimbabwean to head this institution.
Until his untimely departure, Prof Chandiwana was
Personal Professor and Assistant Dean Research and
Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of the Witwatersrand (WITS University) in
South Africa. He was a keen promoter of African
networking and in developing competencies of young
researchers.
Prof Chandiwana was one of the founder directors of the
Harare based non-governmental research organization -
the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI),
and served on honorary basis on the boards of the
‘Scientists on Health Research and Development’
(SHARED), the WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD, and the
African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET). Other
appointments included serving on the Geneva based
Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED),
President Mbeki Advisory Committee on AIDS, the South
African Medical Research Council's SAAVI, and the Johns
Hopkins Malaria Institute Advisory Committee.
Prof Chandiwana is survived by his wife Duduzile and
three children: Mati, Thembi and Rutendo.
We will fondly remember his kind demeanour.
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