Professor of paediatrics Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (b Tanzania 1936; q Makerere University, Uganda, 1964; DCH, FRCP Ed, FRCP Glas), d 29 May 2005.
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Valerian Kimati did his postgraduate training in Glasgow. Returning to Tanzania, he had a distinguished career, becoming the first Tanzanian professor of paediatrics at the University of Dar es Salaam in 1979. He was president of the Medical Association of Tanzania and the first president of the Paediatric Association of Tanzania. He later became Unicef regional adviser in primary health care for south central Asia. After retirement at 60 he embarked on another career as professor of paediatrics at the International Medical and Technological University, Dar es Salaam, where he was also appointed vice chancellor. He leaves a wife, Eugenia, and two children.
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