# Hiroko Minami
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{{Short description|Japanese nurse}}
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| name = Hiroko Minami
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|13}}
| birth_place = [Kobe](/source/Kobe)
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* [University of Kochi](/source/University_of_Kochi) - Bachelor of nursing
* [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](/source/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem) [Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine](/source/Braun_School_of_Public_Health_and_Community_Medicine) - Master Degree in Public Health
* [University of California, San Francisco](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Francisco) - Doctoral of Nursing Science Degree
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| occupation = [Nurse](/source/Nurse) leader, [Researcher](/source/Researcher)
| years_active = 1988 -
| known_for = Japanese Nightingale
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| profession = Nurse leader, Researcher, Professor
| field = Nursing
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* [Florence Nightingale Medal](/source/Florence_Nightingale_Medal) - 2011[{{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](/source/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross)}}]
* Princess Srinagarindra Award Foundation - 2004
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{{Nihongo|'''Hiroko Minami'''|南 裕子|Minami Hiroko|extra=June 13, 1942 – }}, is a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) [Nurse](/source/Nurse) leader and [educator](/source/educator). She has been working to advance nursing in [Japan](/source/Japan), including education, service, and research[{{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}}] for more than 30 years.[{{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 }}]
== Early life ==
Minami was born in [Kobe](/source/Kobe) in 1942 and grew up in [Kōchi Prefecture](/source/K%C5%8Dchi_Prefecture).[{{Cite news|newspaper=[Kobe Shimbun](/source/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}}]
== Career ==
Minami started her career as a [staff nurse](/source/staff_nurse) and then moved to a faculty position. She was the first nurse appointed the [president](/source/Chancellor_(education)) of an independent public college, the [College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo](/source/College_of_Nursing_Art_and_Science%2C_Hyogo). She was a member of several committees and councils in the [Ministry of Health](/source/Ministry_of_Health_(Japan)) and the [Ministry of Education](/source/Ministry_of_Education_(Japan)) where she developed health and nursing education policies. She was the 25th president of the [International Council of Nurses](/source/International_Council_of_Nurses) from 2005 until 2009 and the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) Global Advisory Group on Nursing/Midwifery. She also served as the president of the [Japanese Nursing Association](/source/Japanese_Nursing_Association) from 1999 until 2005.[{{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}}]
== References ==
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== 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}}
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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
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