Margaret Mungherera

Margaret Mungherera (25 October 1957 – 4 February 2017) was a senior consultant psychiatrist and medical administrator in Uganda. She served as the president of the Uganda Medical Association re-elected five times and ultimately the World Medical Association from October 2013 until October 2014. She advocated for psychiatric services throughout Uganda, beyond the capital, to improve conditions for Uganda's health-care providers and to get doctors organized in African countries in general. Quotes Ugandan health workers are heroes who do the work done by five people elsewhere. They take no breaks. The medical field was such that women could only be nurses or something else along these lines, but not doctors. "We will focus on ensuring the WMA (world medical association ) becomes more relevant to poor countries by addressing issues that national medical associations and the health of people in such countries."Margaret on her vision after being appointed WMA president in 2013 "In the medical profession, my achievement shows that women can not only be doctors who can make a difference but they can also be leaders in the medical profession, internationally at that." External links Category:Psychiatrists from Uganda Category:Women scientists from Uganda Category:1957 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Women born in the 1950s