Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor.
15 Facts About Denis Mukwege
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Denis Mukwege's continued demand for justice for the victims of the Congo conflicts has resulted in him receiving threats against his life and the Panzi hospital.
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Denis Mukwege has received these death threats on social media platforms, which emerged from various sources including Mukwege's country of origin, the DRC, and adjoining countries, namely Rwanda and Uganda.
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Reportedly, the threats have emerged following Denis Mukwege' increasing calls for perpetrators who were named in a decade-old UN report, to be brought before an international tribunal.
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Denis Mukwege almost died at birth due to an infection but was saved by the Swedish Pentecostal missionary and midwife Majken Bergman.
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Denis Mukwege decided to study medicine after seeing the complications that women in the Congo experienced during childbirth who had no access to specialist healthcare, and he wanted to heal the sick people for whom his father prayed.
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Denis Mukwege's education was mainly financed by the Swedish Pentecostal mission.
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On 24 September 2015, Denis Mukwege earned a PhD from Universite libre de Bruxelles for his thesis on traumatic fistulas in the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Dr Denis Mukwege fled to Bukavu where he founded the Panzi Hospital in 1999.
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Denis Mukwege has described how his patients arrived at the hospital sometimes naked, usually in horrific condition.
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Denis Mukwege returned to Bukavu on 14 January 2013, where the population received him with a warm welcome over the 20 miles from Kavumu Airport to the city.
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Denis Mukwege received a particularly warm welcome from his patients, who had raised the funds to pay for his return ticket by selling pineapples and onions.
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At 13 years of age, Denis Mukwege took the decision to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Pentecostal minister, which was a transformative experience for him.
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Denis Mukwege has repeatedly named his faith in Jesus Christ as a primary motivation for his work at Panzi.
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In 2015, Denis Mukwege was invited to speak at Nyhemsveckan, the annual Pentecostal conference in central Sweden.