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He was in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) on Friday October 6, in the city where he was trained, to inaugurate a building which now bears his name. Gynecologist Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2018, is now a candidate in the presidential election of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which will be held on December 20. Meeting with a man who never stopped pleading the cause of women.
Doctor Denis Mukwege, gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2018, was trained in Angers (Maine-et-Loire). | JÉRÔME FOUQUET/OUEST-FRANCE See in full screen close Doctor Denis Mukwege, gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2018, was trained in Angers (Maine-et-Loire). | JÉRÔME FOUQUET/OUEST-FRANCE Ouest-France Published on 07/10/2023 at 7:00 p.m.
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He has the humility, charisma and simplicity of great men. He is one. Of those whose conviction and courage command admiration. Gynecologist Denis Mukwege, 68, traveled to Angers (Maine-et-Loire) on Friday, October 6, to inaugurate the maternity building of the university hospital center (CHU) which now bears his name.
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“A motherhood that formed me”
And it’s an understatement to say that he knows the place and recognizes the smiles of those who welcome him on this beautiful sunny morning. The man who obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1983 at the University of Burundi arrived in Angers in 1984 to train in obstetrics and gynecology. He remained there until 1989.
“I salute kindness…
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