Miriam Adhikari

Miriam Adhikari is a South African physician and scientist specializing in paediatrics with a focus on neonatology. She is Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a neonatologist at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine. She also has a focus on paediatric nephrology and is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She has a degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Natal.

Research Adhikari specialises is paediatrics and infectious disease and has co-authored over 100 publications. One area of focus for Adhikari is the management of mothers and babies by nurses.

Awards She was awarded the Annual Service Excellence Award by the KwaZulu-Natal government in 2017. She said her main focus was to teach the nursing staff the importance of managing the mothers and babies.