Sheila Tlou, PhD, MS, RN
Co-chair, Nursing Now Global Campaign
Co-chair, Global HIV Prevention Coalition
Professor Sheila Tlou is Co-Chair of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition and Nursing Now Global Campaign. She is former UNAIDS Regional Director and former Minister of Health of Botswana, where she led a comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support program that is still a model in Africa. She is also former Professor of Nursing at the University of Botswana and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Primary Health Care. She has worked to increase community awareness of HIV/AIDS with youth groups, nongovernmental organizations, and women’s organizations.
As UNAIDS Director, Prof. Tlou provided leadership and political advocacy for quality sustainable AIDS response in 21 African countries.
Prof. Tlou holds a PhD in Nursing Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Masters in Nursing Education from Columbia University, and a Master of Science in Nursing from the Catholic University of America. She has many publications on human rights and gender issues relating to HIV/AIDS, and has received over 30 international awards for Leadership in Nursing and Global Health, among them Botswana Presidential Order of Honor, the Florence Nightingale Award from International Red Cross Society, the President award from US National Academy of Nursing, Princess Srinagarindra award from Thailand, Christianne Reimann award from International Council of Nurses, and Princess Muna Al Hussein award from American Nurses Credentialing Centre.
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