About Sharon Fonn
Born 1958. Sharon Fonn is a South African public health and university teacher.
Sharon Fonn is a South African Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her work has focused on cervical cancer, health systems and developing African capacity for public health research.
Career and impact Fonn served as the head of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health from 2003 to 2011. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Professor Fonn helped to set up Africa's longest running study of children from birth She has published over 50 scientific articles.
Awards and honors honorary doctorate at Sahlgrenska Academy
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Sharon Fonn was born in 1958.
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Sharon Fonn is a public health and university teacher.
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Sharon Fonn is South African.
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