Marthelise Eersel
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Marthelise Eersel (born 6 April 1957) is a Surinamese civil servant and physician. Previously the director of the Ministry of Health, she was director of the Suriname COVID-19 Crisis Management Team from July 2020 to May 2021.
Early life
Eersel was born in Amsterdam on 6 April 1957.{{Cite news|work=Het Parool|date=1957-04-08|title=Burgerlijke Stand van Amsterdam|access-date=2022-01-26|page=6|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010835120:mpeg21:p006}} Her father Hein Eersel{{cite web |title=Hein Eersel 99 jaar vandaag |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhpY8J_qiY |website=youtube.com |publisher=Ampie's Broadcasting Corporation |language=nl |date=9 June 2021}} was studying at the University of Amsterdam. They moved back to Suriname in February 1959,{{cite news|work=Het Nieuws|date=1959-02-02|title=Dr. Eersel verwacht|access-date=2022-01-26|page=3|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001772027:mpeg21:a00022}} where her younger sister Rachel was born a few months later.{{cite news|work=Nieuw Suriname|date=1959-05-21|title=Gevallen|access-date=2022-01-26|page=5|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010500857:mpeg21:p005}}{{Cite news|work=Het Nieuws|date=1959-05-08|title=Geboren|access-date=2022-01-26|page=2|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001772103:mpeg21:a00037}}
Education and career
Eersel trained as a physician at the University of Suriname. She also completed a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 1989.{{Cite journal|date=2013|title=Alumni Leaders Take a Bow: Leaders in Global Health Recognized at Centennial|url=https://tulanesphtm.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/alumni-leaders-take-a-bow-leaders-in-global-health-recognized-at-centennial/|journal=Global Health Magazine|publisher=Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine}} She has taught public health and biostatistics at the Institute for Graduate Studies & Research of the Anton de Kom University in Public Health,{{Cite web|date=2019-01-16|title=Studium Generale over 'biodiversiteit en gezondheid'|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/50801|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.starnieuws.com|language=nl}} and was a director at the Ministry of Health.{{Cite web|date=2015-12-22|title=De onderzoeker|url=https://www.parbode.com/de-onderzoeker-19/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Parbode|language=nl}} She represented Suriname on the WHO Executive Board.{{Cite journal|date=December 2013|title=Where Y'at!|url=https://issuu.com/tulaneuniversity/docs/tulane_mag_dec_2013|journal=Tulane Magazine|volume=85|issue=2|pages=34|via=Issuu}}
In July 2020, Eersel succeeded Cleopatra Jessurun as director of the national COVID-19 Crisis Management Team.{{Cite web|date=27 July 2020|title=Covid-19: Eersel crisismanager; 35 besmet 35 genezen|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/59845|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.starnieuws.com|language=nl}} She served in this position until May 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Voorzitter Eersel van Outbreak Management Team stopt|url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2021/05/28/voorzitter-eersel-van-outbreak-management-team-stopt/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Dagblad Suriname|language=nl}}
In 2020, the Marthelise Eersel Center was established in Nickerie. This medical centre, which specialises in treating chronically-ill patients, is a government agency as part of the One Stop Shop (OSS) Foundation.{{Cite web|date=16 February 2020|title=Behandeling chronische ziekte dichterbij Nickerianen|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/57072|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.starnieuws.com|language=nl}}
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Category:Surinamese physicians
Category:Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine alumni
Category:Anton de Kom University of Suriname alumni
Category:Academic staff of Anton de Kom University of Suriname