Birth & Midwifery in Uganda
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

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Midwifery Today Country Contact

Enid Mwebaza, Faith Katsumbyo and Edwidge Kezaabu

Enid Mwebaza, RN, RM, BScN has been a midwife for 17 years. She is currently the country coordinator for Africa Midwives Research Network (AMRN) and is the chairperson for Uganda National Association of Nurses and Midwives, Mulago Branch. In addition to being an active member of the East Central and Southern African College of Nurses, Enid is pursuing a masters programme in public health leadership/Save the Mothers Programme.

Edwidge Kezaabu, RN, RM, BA Comm. Dev., PGCert Research methodology and writing skills, is pursuing a masters degree. She is involved also in counselling in reproductive health-related issues, community outreach and home-based care programmes that address maternal and child health. Edwidge has been involved with birth as a midwife, as a trainer of trainers, as a clinical instructor, and as a mother. Projects she is currently involved in include a V VOB Project that implements skill methodology. Her goals for international midwifery are to gain knowledge and share experience and contribute to safe birth and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. She would like to network with other members to share experiences and research findings. Edwidge tells us, "I love my carreer and would like to save as many women as possible from complications of pregnancy, labour and pueperium."

To contact Enid Mwebaza, Faith Katsumbyo, Edwidge Kezaabu or any other Midwifery Today Country Contact, please log in to the International Alliance of Midwives (IAM), or write to the IAM administrator.

Birth/Midwifery

• Africa Midwives Research Network (AMRN)
  P.O. Box 7051, Kampala, Uganda
  Tel: 256 - 41-323301