Ian Clarke
Ian Clarke may refer to:
See also
Ian Clarke (physician)
Ian Clarke, MBChB BAO, DTM&H, MSc, is a physician, missionary, philanthropist, entrepreneur and politician in Uganda. Since May 2011, he has been Mayor of Makindye Division, one of the five administrative units of Kampala Capital City Authority.
Background and education
Ian Clarke was born in South Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1952 to Thomas and Jean Clarke. He studied human medicine at Queens University Belfast, graduating in 1976, with the degree combined degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Bachelor of Obstetrics, (MBChB BAO), as is customary in Irish medical schools. Later, in 1987, he obtained the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H), from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He followed up in 1994 with the degree of Master of Science in Public Health (MSc), also from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Moved to Uganda
Clarke read about the AIDS epidemic in Uganda and decided to come see for himself. He was taken to Kiwoko Village, in present day Nakaseke District in the Luweero Triangle. He arrived in 1987, at the tail end of the Ugandan Bush War, which he had been unaware of until he arrived. He subsequently returned with his family under the auspices of the Church Mission Society to work in Kiwoko. Dr Clarke initially treated his patients under a tree before going on to establish Kiwoko Hospital which, as of March 2015, maintains a nurses training school, a laboratory technician training school, a large community health programme, a neonatal ICU and full general hospital facilities.
Ian James Clarke
Ian James Clarke (5 March 1931 – 29 June 1997) was a New Zealand rugby union player, farmer and rugby administrator. He was born in Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand on 5 March 1931.
He was the brother of Don Clarke, another New Zealand rugby international player.
