Hiroko Minami

{{Short description|Japanese nurse}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox medical person | honorific_prefix = | name = Hiroko Minami | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Dr Minami Hiroko cropped.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|13}} | birth_place = Kobe | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | citizenship = | education = {{plainlist| * University of Kochi - Bachelor of nursing * Hebrew University of Jerusalem Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine - Master Degree in Public Health * University of California, San Francisco - Doctoral of Nursing Science Degree }} | occupation = Nurse leader, Researcher | years_active = 1988 - | known_for = Japanese Nightingale | relations = | website = | profession = Nurse leader, Researcher, Professor | field = Nursing | work_institutions = | specialism = | research_field = | notable_works = | prizes = {{plainlist| * Florence Nightingale Medal - 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/feature/2011/florence-nightingale-recipients-feature-2011-05-13.htm|title=Florence Nightingale Medal: honouring exceptional nurses and nursing aides -2011 recipients)|access-date=10 August 2021|date=13 May 2011|work=International Committee of the Red Cross}}</ref> * Princess Srinagarindra Award Foundation - 2004 }} | child = | module2 = | signature = }}

{{Nihongo|'''Hiroko Minami'''|南裕子|Minami Hiroko|extra=June 13, 1942 – }}, is a Japanese Nurse leader and educator. She has been working to advance nursing in Japan, including education, service, and research<ref name="BioImpact Co., Ltd">{{cite web|url=https://research-er.jp/researchers/view/147726|title=南裕子|access-date=11 August 2021|language=ja|work=research-er|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011024611/https://research-er.jp/researchers/view/147726|url-status=dead}}</ref> for more than 30 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/rentoku/sinsai/20/rensai/201407/0007161910.shtml|title=高知県立大学長南裕子|access-date=10 August 2021|language=ja|work=神戸新聞社|date=20 July 2014 }}</ref>

== Early life == Minami was born in Kobe in 1942 and grew up in Kōchi Prefecture.<ref name="Kobe Shimbun">{{Cite news|newspaper=Kobe Shimbun|url=http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/rentoku/sinsai/20/rensai/201407/0007161910.shtml|title=インタビュー1・17から震災20年へ（4）高知県立大学長南裕子災害看護の蓄積を体系化|author=Naoki Morimoto|date=20 July 2014|accessdate=11 August 2021|language=ja}}</ref>

== Career == Minami started her career as a staff nurse and then moved to a faculty position. She was the first nurse appointed the president of an independent public college, the College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo. She was a member of several committees and councils in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education where she developed health and nursing education policies. She was the 25th president of the International Council of Nurses from 2005 until 2009 and the World Health Organization Global Advisory Group on Nursing/Midwifery. She also served as the president of the Japanese Nursing Association from 1999 until 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princess-srinagarindraaward.org/news/21|title=Professor Dr. Hiroko Minami Laureates2004|access-date=10 August 2021|year=2004|work=Princess Srinagarindra Award Foundation}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/search/?qm=70094753/ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research] * [http://www.icn.ch/ 国際看護師協会] * [http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/ 高知県立大学] * [http://www.koyasan21.org/ 高野山医療フォーラム] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140923053315/http://www.koyasan21.org/ |date=2014-09-23 }} *{{Citation | author1=Minami, Hiroko | author2=南ひろ子 | title=20-nichikan sokushū perapera Eikaiwa : koredake masutāsureba anata mo hanaseru yō ni naru | year=1985 | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Nihon Jitsugyō Shuppansha | edition=Shohan | isbn=978-4-534-01072-8}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minami, Hiroko}} Category:Japanese nurses Category:Florence Nightingale Medal recipients Category:People from Kōchi Prefecture Category:Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine alumni Category:University of California, San Francisco alumni Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:International Council of Nurses Category:Women nurses Category:People from Kobe