Imelda Namagembe, MBChB MMed (Mak) MPH (CWRU)

She is an Obstetrician Gynaecologist at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences. She holds a Bachelors of Surgery and Masters of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Makerere University and a Masters of Public Health from Case Western Reserve University. She is interested in prevention and treatment of cervical cancer, prevention of obstetric fistulae, treatment and prevention of STIs/HIV, promoting family planning and addressing issues of gender-based violence.

Project – Improving maternal outcomes using confidential inquiry into deaths as an add on to maternal death surveillance in a busy African Hospital: A case study of Mulago Hospital, Uganda

Her research will focus on improving maternal outcomes using confidential enquiry into deaths as an add on to maternal death surveillance at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital.The overall goal of the research is to reduce the number of women who die from pregnancy related complications through strengthening confidential enquiry into maternal deaths.

Supervisors/Mentors

  1. Dr Annettee Olivia Nakimuli, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  2. Assoc. Prof. Josaphat Byamugisha, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, University of Cambridge Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  3. Prof. Ashley Moffett, University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology
  4. Dr. Catherine Aiken, University of Cambridge Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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