Grace Ebun Delano

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Grace Ebun Delano
Born13 November 1935
Kaduna
NationalityNigerian
OccupationNurse
Known forWork in Reproductive Health in Nigeria

Grace Ebun Delano (born 13 November 1935, in

World Health Organization Sasakawa Award
for her work in health development.

Early life and education

Grace Ebun-Oluwa Samuel was born in Kaduna on 13 November 1935 to Yoruba parents.[1] Her name Ebun-Oluwa means gift from God in Yoruba: she was born unexpectedly to a forty-four-year-old mother with one other child, a ten-year-old boy. She grew up aware that her mother had a series of difficulties with pregnancy and child mortality.[1]

Her mother, who had little schooling herself, supported her daughter's enthusiasm for education and let her go to school in

diaphragm.[1] Delano returned to Nigeria in 1961 and the following year got a job in the maternity unit at University College Hospital, Ibadan. By then she was married to the future judge Tunde Delano.[1]

Career

Her work as maternity staff nurse led to her joining a project started by an Ibadan University professor, and she became the nurse in charge of the first university teaching hospital family planning programme in Nigeria.[citation needed] Over the years the programme spread from urban to rural areas,[1][3] and from hospital-based provision to community-based initiatives, including distributing supplies through traditional markets.

USAID, Pathfinder International and the Ford Foundation.[1]
After she wrote a straightforward informational book on family planning the
IUCD.[6]

In the 1980s she was connected with the Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) which used to organise leadership development training for women, especially supporting health and education initiatives.[7] It is now part of Plan USA.[8] Delano began to feel more confident about public speaking, and went to conferences, meeting other female leaders, and planning strategies to help women, especially with reproductive issues.[1]

While still working within Ibadan University (she left in 1992) Delano started to work with community organisations to develop a new

NGO which became the independent Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH). It expanded, added adolescent sexual health[9] and other areas[10] to its concerns and worked with the government on HIV/AIDS projects. ARFH educational and counselling materials are used in many African countries.[1] A key colleague in this work was Professor O.A. Ladipo, president of ARFH. Delano was vice-president and director for more than 25 years.[11] In November 2015, around the time of her 80th birthday, there was an event with retirement and valedictory lectures in her honour.[12] Grace authored many published work. She published 9 research works with 130 citations and 1126 reads that are accessible online.[13]

She is regularly described with phrases like “a veteran reproductive health leader in Nigeria”,[14] and "veteran Nurse/Midwife with an outstanding career in Reproductive Health and Family Planning management spanning over 50 years."[6]

Positions and awards

Publications

  • Promoting Dual Protection in Family Planning Clinics In Ibadan Nigeria [22]
  • Guide to Family Planning[2]
  • Answers to Questions Adolescents Ask on Sexuality[2]
  • Implant contraception in an NGO-managed primary health facility in Ibadan, Nigeria[13]
  • Assessing the Level of Preparedness of Private Health Providers for Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH)[13]
  • The role of HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns on HIV-related behavioural changes in Ibadan, Nigeria[13]
  • Community based distribution agents’ approach to provision of family planning information and services in five Nigerian States: A mirage or a reality?[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Grace Ebun Delano - Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College" (PDF). Smith College. October 7, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Northampton, MA (October 7–8, 2003). "Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project" (PDF). Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. Retrieved 9 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Demographic and Programmatic Consequences of Contraceptive Innovations p123
  4. PMID 2075621
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  5. ^ PIACT report
  6. ^ a b Sickle Cell Health Foundation
  7. ^ "Smith Oral History Project". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  8. ^ Plan International and CEDPA
  9. ^ USAID report
  10. ^ ARFH projects
  11. ^ "ARFH founders". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  12. ^ "Retirement and Valedictory Lectures for Chief Mrs. Grace Ebun Delano". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  13. ^ a b c d e Research Gate. "Grace Delano's research while affiliated with Society for Family Health and other places". Research Gate. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  14. ^ CEDPA coaching
  15. ^ "ARFH Nigeria". ARFH Nigeria – Working Together, Building A Healthier Future. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  16. ^ WHO - recipients of the Sasakawa Health Prize
  17. ^ "Mrs. Grace Delano honoured, 15 March 2015". Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Fellows and Awardees – ihsd_ng". ihsd_ng – Institute For Humanitarian Studies & Social Development. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  19. ^ Murray, Midwives and Safer Motherhood, 1996 piv
  20. ^ "IHSD, Lagos". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  21. ^ Delano, Grace Ebun. "Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Promoting Dual Protection in Family Planning Clinics In Ibadan Nigeria". Guttmacher Institute. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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