Ernestine Gwet Bell

Ernestine Gwet Bell (born 1953) is an internationally known Cameroonian gynecologist.[1][2][3] Her mother was a Nurse Midwife.[4] Ernestine went to medical school in France at Paris Descartes University.[3] She worked at the Conseil des Églises Baptiste et Évangélique de Cameroun Hospital and the Laquintinie Hospital, and in 1987 she opened the Clinique Odyssée.[3] The Clinique Odyssée became one of Cameroon's most respected gynecological medical facilities.[3] She was also one of six doctors who founded Cameroon's first center for assisted fertility.[3] In 1998 she supervised the first Cameroonian child born through in-vitro fertilization.[3][5] One of her nephews was autistic, and in 2005 she founded the Orchidée Home, which focused on helping autistic children and their parents.[3] She also organized the first congress on autism in Cameroon two years later.[3] As of August 2007, she and her team were responsible for the birth of 500 babies through IVF.[6] She is married and has two daughters and one son.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Delavil Lekunze (2007). Candle lighters: women in nation building. Partners in Communication, Conservation, and Research.
  2. ↑ Les grandes pionnières du Cameroun (Ed 2007). Editions Cognito. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-9956-412-08-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  4. ↑ Christian Locka (26 December 2012). "Dr Ernestine Gwet Bell, à l'origine du premier bébé né in vitro de l'Afrique centrale - Info Afrique". Info Afrique.
  5. ↑ "L'Afrique, continent le plus touché par l'infertilité". Le Monde.fr.
  6. ↑ "Cameroon: Ernestine Gwet Bell, the mechanics of embryos". allAfrica.
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