found: Lancet, Jul. 12, 2003 :p. 175 (Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, b. (Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria), Dec. 30, 1927, d. (London), Jun. 1, 2003, age 75, from pulmonary embolism; pioneer of primary health care; son of Reverend Oladotun Ransome-Kuti and Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, a campaigner for women's rights; attended University College, Ibadan, then studied medicine at Trinity College, University of Dublin, 1948-1954; began postgraduate training in paediatrics at the Institute of Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children (Great Ormond Street), and Hammersmith Hospital in London in 1960; BA, MB, Bch, BAO from University of Dublin; returned to Ibadan and in 1970 became professor and head of the Department of Paediatrics, University of Lagos; in 1978 he became the first professor of primary care there; in 1968 he set up an experimental family health clinic to assess effectiveness of nurses in the direct delivery of preventive and curative services to mothers and children; this project provided the impetus for establishment of the Institute of Child Health and Primary Care at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos; he became director of the National Basic Health Services Scheme Implementation Agency for Nigeria in 1976; Nigeria's Minister of Health and Human Resources, 1985-1992; his efforts in fighting the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic were heroic; chairman of WHO's Executive Board 1991-1992)
