Nationality Ugandan Name Margaret Mungherera Years active 1983 – present | Citizenship Uganda Ethnicity Mugisu Residence Kampala, Uganda | |
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Born 25 October 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-10-25 ) Uganda Alma mater Makerere University
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine' Occupation Physician & Psychiatrist | ||
Omubiri gwa dr margaret mungherera gukomezeddwawo
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 Ugandan 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.
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- Omubiri gwa dr margaret mungherera gukomezeddwawo
- Dr margaret mungherera kma conference 2016 keynote speech keeping alive wel a balancing act fo
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honour
- References
Dr margaret mungherera kma conference 2016 keynote speech keeping alive wel a balancing act fo
Early life and education
Margaret Mungherera was born in Jinja, Uganda. Her father, a retired civil servant, traced his roots to the Butaleja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda. She was one of five siblings, three of whom became medical doctors.
She attended Nakasero Primary School and Gayaza High School for her elementary and secondary education. In 1977, she was admitted to Makerere University to study human medicine. She graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. After one year of internship at the Mulago National Referral Hospital, she attended the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 1984. In 1992, she obtained a Master of Medicine in psychiatry from Makerere University. Her chosen field of concentration was forensic psychiatry.
Career
From 1992 until 2000, she worked as a registrar at the Butabika National Referral Hospital, responsible for forensic services. In 1999, she was elected President of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA)and was re-elected five more times. From 2000 until 2003, she was a consultant psychiatrist at the Mulago National Referral Hospital and was responsible for forensic services. Since 2003, she had served as a senior consultant psychiatrist at the Mulago Hospital Complex, responsible for psychiatric emergency services. Since 2012, she had been the clinical head of the Directorate of Medical Services (Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry) at the Mulago National Referral Hospital.
From October 2013 until October 2014 she served as the president of the World Medical Association
In June 2015, after 31 years of continuous service, Mungherera retired from civil service, aged 57 .
She died from colon cancer in Chennai, India, on February 4, 2017, at the age of only 59 years.
Honour
In November 2012, Mungherera received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Kampala International University in recognition of her "historical achievements."