Barbro Westerholm
Barbro Westerholm | |
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| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 2 October 2006 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 3 October 1988 – 1 October 1999 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Chairman of the Swedish Pensioners' Association | |
| In office 1999–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Gunnel Jonäng |
| Director-General of the National Board of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Bror Rexed |
| Succeeded by | Maj-Britt Sandlund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1933 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberals |
Barbro Westerholm (born 16 June 1933) is a Swedish politician of the Liberals. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. Westerholm was previously a member from 1988 to 1999.
From the mid-1960s Westerholm was an early pioneer in the field of pharmacovigilance, also working on the early stages of the WHO Drug Dictionary and the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.[1] In 1979 as general director of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, she had homosexuality dropped from the list of mental health diseases.[2]
In 2009 she was awarded the Nordic Public Health Prize for work to fight discrimination against the elderly.[3]
References
- ^ Finney DJ (2003). From thalidomide to pharmacovigilance: a personal account. Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs Annual 2003, in vol. 26.
- ^ Humanist events for Europride 2008 Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine International Humanist and Ethical Union, 8 September 2008
- ^ Barbro Westerholm gaines Nordic Public Health Prize for work to fight discrimination against the elderly Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Nordiska högskola för folkshälsovetenskap (Nordic University for Public Health), 6 July 2009
External links
- Barbro Westerholm at the Riksdag website
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