Veronica Bekoe

human
Sex anaa gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	Ghana
Given name	Veronica
Family name	Bekoe
Languages dem dey speak, wrep anaa sign	English
Occupation	biologist
Employer	Ghana Health Service
Educate for	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Aburi Girls' Senior High School
Work period (start)	1972
Work period (end)	2008
Notable work	Veronica bucket

Veronica Bekoe be biologist wey dey cam from Ghana. She be known for ein impact for de invention of de Veronica bucket wey dem use reduce de spread of communicable diseases such as COVID 19.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Ein Education[edit | edit source]

Veronica attend Aburi Girls SHS.^[6] Wey she san further ein education for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) wer she get ein Bachelor of Science for Biological Science/Biology between 1968 – 1972.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Ein Career[edit | edit source]

She start ein career for Ghana Health Service (GHS) from 1972-2008, wey na she dey work for de Public Health den Reference Laboratory, she work as prime person give National AIDS/STI Control Program wey she san get over 30 years experience for medical laboratory practice insyd.^[10]^[11] She get experience for laboratory management, development of training manuals, mentorship, development of guidelines for laboratory diagnostics den others.^[12]

Ein Achievement[edit | edit source]

Veronica be noted for ein invention of de Veronica bucket, dem invent device wey go curb or reduce de spread of diseases lyk cholera through handwashing cross-contaimination. For 2020 insyd, dem use bucket widely for de African continent insyd den de global community so say dem go fight de novel pandemic coronavirus disease COVID-19.^[10]^[13] Ein discovery den invention of de veronica bucket be as a result of sam problem or gap she identify for ein field of work, she notice say na challenge dey plus running water wey dem for use bowl of water in turns to wash dema hands after medical work wey na ebi very dangerous give dema health secof na everybro for use de same water til de tym ego make dirty, so as she see de health implications wey she create prototype bucket plus tap attache to aluminium utensils wey dem dey take sell use Hausa koko, ebi popularly known as Akorlaa gyae su wey now e cam turn veronica bucket wey ebi recognized globally.^[8]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Ein Awards[edit | edit source]

Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo give am award for ein social innovation as she help combate infectious diseases by soap under running water.^[19]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://cfhss.org/our-team/mrs-veronica-bekoe/

[2] ttps://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Projects/Sanitation.html

[3] ttps://www.abcnewsgh.com/inventor-of-veronica-bucket-laments-over-unsuccessful-attempts-to-patent-it/

[4] ttps://www.adomonline.com/revealed-why-this-bucket-is-called-veronica-bucket/

[5] ttps://starrfm.com.gh/2020/03/covid-19-youre-99-protected-with-effective-hand-washing-veronica-bucket-inventor/

[6] ttps://www.myjoyonline.com/veronica-bucket-inventor-shares-intriguing-story-about-its-origin/

[7] ttps://yen.com.gh/151351-meet-veronica-bekoe-woman-ingenious-veronica-buckets.html

[:0-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/veronica-bucket-inventor-seeks-government-support-for-patenting.html

[9] ttps://www.gbcghanaonline.com/features/coronavirus-the-ghanaian-woman-who-invented-the-veronica-bucket/2020/

[:1-10] 10.0 ^10.1 https://kuulpeeps.com/2020/03/veronica-bekoe-the-ghanaian-inventor-of-the-life-saving-veronica-buckets/

[11] ttps://cfhss.org/our-team/mrs-veronica-bekoe/

[12] ttps://ghanawebonline.com/why-is-this-bucket-called-veronica-bucket/

[13] ttps://briefly.co.za/58531-meet-veronica-bekoe-woman-ingenious-veronica-buckets.html

[14] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/I-invented-the-Veronica-Buckets-for-my-colleague-biological-scientists-Veronica-Bekoe-908659

[15] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr9uRxbrdp8

[16] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucF92u8eMzQ

[17] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMNCXOYdtg0

[18] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP4JvkjOdEk

[19] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200614205712/https://theindependentghana.com/2020/03/veronica-bucket-the-ghanaian-invention-helping-in-coronavirus-fight-2/

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