Graziella Fumagalli

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Graziella Fumagalli
Born24 August 1944 Edit this on Wikidata
Casatenovo Edit this on Wikidata
Died22 October 1995 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 51)

Graziella Fumagalli (24 August 1944 in Casatenovo - 22 October 1995 in Merca) was an Italian doctor. She was a Catholic volunteer, killed in Somalia in 1995 at the Anti-tuberculosis Center which she directed.[1]

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She graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1980. She specialized in Pediatric Surgery in France in 1985 and studied Tropical Medicine in 1989. She moved to Guinea-Bissau with the non-governmental organization Mani Tese.[2] In 1993, she went to Mozambique as head of a health project of the Italian Association for Solidarity among Peoples (AISPO).[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Cerca". La Gazzetta di Sondrio (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. "Graziella Fumagalli, medico e testimone con la vita in Somalia". www.caritasitaliana.it.
  3. "Ricordo di Graziella Fumagalli, una vita per gli ultimi". La Gazzetta di Sondrio (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-15.