Kofoworola Abeni Pratt
- Kofoworola Abeni Pratt
mmádu ụdịekere nwanyị 
mba o sị Naijiria aha ezinụlọ ya Pratt ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya 1910, 1915 Ebe ọmụmụ Lagos Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya 18 Jụn 1992 Ebe ọ nwụrụ Lagos ọrụ ọ na-arụ nurse, civil servant onye were ọrụ National Health Service, Federal Ministry of Health ebe agụmakwụkwọ St Thomas' Hospital Ebe obibi London Ihe nrite Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, Florence Nightingale Medal, Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing
Onye isi Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Hon. FRCN (née Scott, 1915 - 18 June 1992) bụ onye nọọsụ Naijiria bụ otu n'ime ndị nọọsụ ojii mbụ a ma ama na-arụ ọrụ na British National Health Service.[1] O mechara bụrụ osote onye isi oche nke International Council of Nurses na onye isi ojii mbụ nke Naijiria, na-arụ ọrụ na Federal Ministry of Health.[2]
Oge ọ malitere
dezieA mụrụ Pratt na Lagos, Naijiria dị ka nwa nke abụọ n'ime ụmụ anọ nke Augustus Alfred Scott na Elizabeth Omowumi Scott (née Johnson).[3][4] Nna nna ya bụ Chief Taiwo Olowo, onye Yoruba bara ọgaranya.[5] Ezinụlọ ya bụ ndị Anglịkan ma ọ gara St John's Secondary School na CMS Girls School, Lagos.[6] Ọ gafere asambodo ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị nke Cambridge na 1933 wee gụọ akwụkwọ ịbụ onye nkuzi na United Missionary College na Ibadan, mgbe nna ya kụdara ya mmụọ maka ọchịchọ ya ịbụ onye nọọsụ. Site na 1936 ruo 1940, ọ kụziri na CMS Girls School.
Na Jenụwarị 3, 1941, ọ lụrụ Eugene Samuel Oluremi (Olu) Pratt, onye na-ahụ maka ọgwụ maka ọrụ gọọmentị. E zigara di ya na Enugu, Warri na Forcados, ya mere di na nwunye ahụ kwagara gburugburu. Nwa ha nwoke mbụ nwụrụ na nwa ọhụrụ ma amụọ nwa ha nwoke nke abụọ, Babatunde, na Lagos na 1943. Di ya kwagara London n'afọ sochirinụ iji nweta nzere ahụike nke Britain. A mụrụ nwa ha nke atọ, Olufemi, na London na 1952.[3]
Ọrụ
dezieN'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 1946, Pratt kwagara England iji mụọ nọọsụ na Nightingale School na St Thomas' Hospital, na London. A hapụrụ nwa ya nwoke na nne na nna nkuchi mgbe ọ na-aga St Thomas's Preliminary Training School.[3] N'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ, Pratt nwere ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, mgbe onye ọrịa jụrụ ka onye nọọsụ ojii gwọọ ya.[7] Ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike na West African Students' Union, otu ụmụ akwụkwọ si mba dị iche iche dị n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Afrịka na-amụ ihe na United Kingdom, nke, na 1942, kpọrọ oku maka nnwere onwe nke ndị Britain na-achị West Africa. Pratt gafere ule steeti mbụ ya na 1948 na nke ikpeazụ ya na 1949, na-eru eru dị ka Nọọsụ Steeti na 25 Nọvemba 1949.[3] Ọ bụ ihe a na-adịghị ahụkebe ka a hapụ nwanyị lụrụ di ka ọ bụrụ onye nọọsụ n'oge ahụ.
A na-ekwukarị na Pratt bụ onye nọọsụ ojii mbụ ruru eru ịrụ ọrụ maka NHS. O yiri ka nke a pụtara na mbụ na akụkọ ndụ ya site n'aka Justus A. Akinsanya ma megharịa ya.[5][8] Nnyocha e mere n'oge na-adịbeghị anya na-egosi na ndị nọọsụ ojii rụrụ ọrụ na United Kingdom tupu e guzobe NHS na 1948, dị ka Annie Brewster na Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola. Ka ọ na-erule n'afọ 1948, ndị nọọsụ ojii a zụrụ azụ tupu Pratt eruo na 1949, na-arụ ọrụ maka NHS; Otú ọ dị, akụkọ ha anaghị enyocha nke ọma ma na-adịbeghị anya dị ka Lulu Coote.[9][10][11] Pratt meriri ọtụtụ ihe mgbochi n'oge ndụ ya; ọ nwere ike ịbụ nwa akwụkwọ ojii mbụ na Nightingale School for Nurses ma mesịa ghọọ onye isi nọọsụ mbụ a mụrụ na Naijiria na Naijeria.[3]
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ zụrụ n'ọrụ ịmụ nwa na Anglican Sisters of St John Clinic, na-enweta asambodo na 1950. N'afọ sochirinụ, ọ natara asambodo nọọsụ nke okpomọkụ site na Hospital for Tropical Medicine, St Pancras. N'afọ 1952, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Royal College of Nursing ward sister course na enyemaka sitere na Nightingale Fund wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye nọọsụ na Evelina Children's Hospital of Guy's Hospital. N'afọ 1953, ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ ọgwụ St Thomas dị ka onye nọọsụ na-arụ ọrụ nwa oge.[3]
Ịlaghachi Naịjirịa
deziePratt laghachiri Naịjirịa n'afọ 1954, mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ afọ anọ na NHS. Ọ bụ ezie na a jụrụ ya na mbụ ka ọ bụrụ nwanne nwanyị na-elekọta - ọnọdụ a na-emeghe naanị n'oge ahụ maka ndị mba ọzọ na Britain - ọ nwetara ọkwa na Mahadum College Hospital na Ibadan na nkwado nke ndị ọrụ ibe ya na St Thomas' Hospital.[7] Mgbe ọ bịarutere, ọ chọpụtara na ebe obibi ya dị iche karịa ndị ọrụ ibe ya bụ ndị Britain nakwa na prọfesọ nke ọgwụ agaghị ekwe ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na ngalaba ahụ mgbe ọ matara na ọ bụ onye Naijiria. Otú ọ dị, Matron nke ụlọ ọgwụ ahụ gbanwere mkpebi ahụ ma kpọga Pratt na ngalaba ahụike na Adeoyo Hospital.[12]
Ụlọ ọgwụ ọhụrụ ahụ ka na-ewu ma Pratt tinyere ụkpụrụ ọhụrụ maka ịdị ọcha, nlekọta na nri na-edozi ahụ ma gbanwee nchịkwa nke ngalaba ahụ.[12] A kwalitere ya ka ọ bụrụ nwanne nwanyị nchịkwa na 1955 ma n'afọ sochirinụ, ọ laghachiri London iji mụọ maka diplọma na nchịkwa nọọsụ ụlọ ọgwụ site na Royal College of Nursing. N'afọ 1959, ọ gara United States, Puerto Rico, na Jamaica na Carnegie Grant iji nweta ahụmịhe nọọsụ sara mbara.[3]
Na Machị 1961, ọ ghọrọ osote onye isi nke Ụlọ Ọgwụ Mahadum, Ibadan na Jenụwarị 1964 ọ ghọrọ onye isi.[3] Pratt bụ onye Naijiria mbụ nwere ọnọdụ ahụ. O guzobere ụlọ akwụkwọ nọọsụ na Mahadum Ibadan na 1965. Pratt bụkwa onye guzobere na onye ndú nke Professional Association of Trained Nurses na Naijiria na onye guzobere ma bụrụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Nigerian Nurse.[13][14]
Pratt bụ onye isi nọọsụ na Federal Ministry of Health na Naịjirịa wee họpụta Kọmishọna Ahụike maka Lagos n'afọ ndị 1970.[15][16] N'afọ 1971, Pratt ghọrọ onye isi oche nke National Council of Women's Societies na Naijiria.[17]
N'afọ 1973, Kọmitii Mba Nile nke Red Cross nyere ya Florence Nightingale Medal. Ihe odide ahụ kọwara ya dị ka:[18]
- ↑ "Wonderful adventures: How did Mary Seacole come to be viewed as a pioneer of modern nursing?", Times Literary Supplement, 6 December 2013, pp. 14–15. Retrieved on 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Bell (October 1967). "Kofoworola Abeni Pratt; third vice-president, International Council of Nurses". Int Nurs Rev. 14 (5): 7–10. PMID 4864502.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Oshikanlu (2021). Pratt [née Scott, Kofoworola Abeni (1914/15–1992), nurse leader in Nigeria] (en). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. DOI:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000369151. Retrieved on 28 November 2021.
- ↑ Women's Research and Documentation Centre Newsletter, collected vols 1 and 2, University of Ibadan Institute of African Studies, 1987, p. 9
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Akinsanya (1987). An African 'Florence Nightingale' a biography of: Chief (Dr) Mrs Kofoworola Abeni Pratt. Ibadan, Nigeria: Vantage. ISBN 9782458260.
- ↑ (1990) "Chief Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, OFR" (in English). Nigerian Women Annual: Who's Who. ISSN 0795-7807.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 McDonald (2021). Kofoworola Abeni Pratt: From the First Black Nurse in the NHS to Minister of Health for Lagos State (en-CA). The Nightingale Society. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved on 28 November 2021.
- ↑ An African ‘Florence Nightingale’ (Notes on Justus Akinsanya’s biography of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt) (en-CA). The Nightingale Society. Retrieved on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ A Hidden History: African Women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000. Young Historians Project. Retrieved on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ African Women who launched the National Health Service (en). Young Historians Project. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ Lulu Coote (en). Young Historians Project. Retrieved on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ferry (23 October 2021). "Kofoworola Abeni Pratt: professionalising nursing in Nigeria" (in English). The Lancet 398 (10310): 1478. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02240-6. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 34688362.
- ↑ McDonald (16 May 2019). The First BME Nurse in the NHS. Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020. University of Nottingham. Retrieved on 26 June 2019.
- ↑ (2000) Three Decades of Florence Nightingale Trophy Speech Contest (in en). LAYTAL Communications, 8–10. ISBN 9789782170484.
- ↑ Kofoworola Abeni Pratt. Litcaf (31 January 2016). Retrieved on 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Kofoworola Abeni Pratt", Nursing Times, 1974, p. 1632. Retrieved on 28 November 2021.
- ↑ Presidents. ncwsnigeria1958.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved on 26 June 2019.
- ↑ (May 1973) "Twenty-fourth award of the Florence Nightingale Medal". International Review of the Red Cross (146). Retrieved on 11 July 2016.