Peggy Vidot

Peggy Antoinette Vidot (born 1958–59)[2] is a Seychellois nurse and midwife. As of 3 November 2020, she serves as the Minister of Health.[3]

Peggy Vidot
Minister of Health
Assumed office
3 November 2020
PresidentWavel Ramkalawan
Preceded byJean-Paul Adam
Personal details
Born
Peggy Antoinette Vidot[1]

1958–59
OccupationNurse, midwife

Biography

Vidot is a registered midwife from the Luton and Dunstable School of Midwifery, and a registered nurse from the Bath School of Nursing. She graduated with a master's degree in health services management from the University of Manchester.[4]

In 1977, she started her career as a nurse instructor at the School of Nursing in Seychelles.[4] In 2003,[4] she was appointed Health Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.[5] Upon her return to Seychelles[2] in 2012, she was appointed Special Advisor to the Minister for Health,[4] and served until 2016.[2]

Vidot is the chairperson of the National Aids Council in Seychelles,[6] and was a proponent of switching HIV treatment tasks from doctors to nurses and midwives to better combat the disease in Africa.[7] In order to enable the switching, she initiated the African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative (ARC) together with Patricia Riley of the CDC, as a framework to strengthen nursing and midwifery education. In 2011, ARC was established and has been implemented in 17 nations as of 2016.[8]

On 29 October 2020, Vidot was elected Minister of Health, succeeding Jean-Paul Adam.[5]

References
  1. "Order Paper for the Second Sitting of Wednesday the 28th of October, 2020". National Assembly of Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. "HEALTH: PS Resigns". Seychelles eNews. Retrieved 30 October 2020. She was 18 when she became a nurse in 1977.
  3. "Majority of Seychelles' new cabinet of ministers sworn in to posts". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "President Appoints Health Specialist Peggy Vidot". State House Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. "Assembly approves nomination of three ministers". Nation of Seychelles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. "Activists march in solidarity with HIV/Aids victims". Nation of Seychelles. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. McCarthy, Carey F.; Verani, Andre Rodrigues; Voss, Joachim G; Vidot, Peggy (2003). "Nursing and midwifery regulation and HIV scale-up: establishing a baseline in East, Central and Southern Africa". Journal of the International AIDS Society. 16: 18051. doi:10.7448/IAS.16.1.18051. PMC 3608854. PMID 23531276.
  8. "The Quads of Africa". Emory Nursing Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2020.


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