Mesfin aklilu lemma biography
Aklilu Lemma (አክሊሉ ለማ) - Sewasew
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Aklilu Lemma
Ethiopian pathologist (1935–1997)
Aklilu Lemma (Amharic: አክሊሉ ለማ; 18 September 1935 – 5 April 1997) was an Ethiopian pathologist.[1] In 1989, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for discovering and campaigning relentlessly for an affordable preventative against bilharzia."[2]made his most important scientific discovery very early in his career in 1964 when he discovered a natural treatment to schistosomiasis also known as snail fever or bilharzia. He found that berries from the endod plant, which is commonly used to make soap and shampoos in many parts of Africa, is a potent, inexpensive and safe molluscicide, to prevent the spread of the parasitic worm. This discovery made the plant an object of scientific research in many parts of the world.
Education
Lemma was educated at Addis Ababa University College and at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S.[3] where he obtained his D.Sc. in 1964. His dissertation was on sandfly-bor
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- Aklilu Lemma () was a young Ethiopian doctor who discovered a natural treatment against bilharzia, also known as schistosomiasis, a debilitating and eventually fatal illness.
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| Aklilu Lemma (Amharic: አክሊሉ ለማ; 18 September 1935 – 5 April 1997) was an Ethiopian pathologist. | |
| Aklilu Lemma's story unfolded illustrated issues relevant to the history of Ethiopia's efforts to develop medicinal products from plants—one. |
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- In a young Ethiopian doctor, Aklilu Lemma, discovered that suds from the fruit of a common African plant, the endod or soapberry, which African women have used as soap for centuries, act as a potent molluscicide.
Aklilu Lemma - Right Livelihood
- Aklilu Lemma (1935-1997) was a young Ethiopian doctor who discovered a natural treatment against bilharzia, also known as schistosomiasis, a debilitating and eventually fatal illness.