Foundation Professor of Midwifery Education and Practice at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in East Africa Dr Grace Edwards has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Uganda chapter of Nursing Now. Nursing Now is a three-year global campaign that aims to maximise nurses’ and midwives’ contribution to improving health by ensuring they are properly valued, deployed and included in decision-making.
“Health services aren’t getting the most out of nurses, who are often undervalued and unable to work to their full potential,” Nursing Now’s website states. “The potential of nurses to do more varied jobs and take on more responsibility is often overlooked because of strict hierarchies and engrained ideas about what they can and cannot do.”
Earlier this year, Edwards was named a Fellow of the London-based
Royal College of Midwives, in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of midwifery across her more than 40-year career. She has been instrumental in the launch of AKU’s Bachelor of Science in Midwifery in Uganda, the first such programme in the country.
Before joining SONAM EA, she worked in the United Arab Emirates to standardise midwifery practice as part of the Abu Dhabi Government Health Authority. She is also regarded as being one of the UK’s pioneering consultant midwives.
“I am honoured to play a key role in the Nursing Now initiative in Uganda.” said Dr Edwards. “As we strive to provide universal health coverage, it is crucial that nurses and midwives are empowered to play a central role in proving essential care.”
AKU has graduated nearly 2,400 nurses and midwives in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, many of whom hold leadership positions in hospitals, clinics, nursing schools and ministries of health.
Foundation Professor of Midwifery Education and Practice at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in East Africa Dr Grace Edwards has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Uganda chapter of Nursing Now. Nursing Now is a three-year global campaign that aims to maximise nurses’ and midwives’ contribution to improving health by ensuring they are properly valued, deployed and included in decision-making.
“Health services aren’t getting the most out of nurses, who are often undervalued and unable to work to their full potential,” Nursing Now’s website states. “The potential of nurses to do more varied jobs and take on more responsibility is often overlooked because of strict hierarchies and engrained ideas about what they can and cannot do.”
Earlier this year, Edwards was named a Fellow of the London-based
Royal College of Midwives, in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of midwifery across her more than 40-year career. She has been instrumental in the launch of AKU’s Bachelor of Science in Midwifery in Uganda, the first such programme in the country.
Before joining SONAM EA, she worked in the United Arab Emirates to standardise midwifery practice as part of the Abu Dhabi Government Health Authority. She is also regarded as being one of the UK’s pioneering consultant midwives.
“I am honoured to play a key role in the Nursing Now initiative in Uganda.” said Dr Edwards. “As we strive to provide universal health coverage, it is crucial that nurses and midwives are empowered to play a central role in proving essential care.”
AKU has graduated nearly 2,400 nurses and midwives in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, many of whom hold leadership positions in hospitals, clinics, nursing schools and ministries of health.
