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. ^{[citation needed]}

• The medical field was such that women could only be nurses or something else along these lines, but not doctors.
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