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Championing Safe Maternal Surgical Care With Salome Maswime
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Welcome back to a new year and a new season of global health unfiltered! Thank you to all the fans who tuned in last year and continue to listen in. One of the goals of the show is to highlight African global health leaders who are leading public health initiatives on the continent and we have just one such leader to open our season. We are so excited to have host Prof. Salome Maswime, joining us from Cape Town South Africa.
Salome Maswime is Professor and the Head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She trained as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and is the President of the South African Clinician Scientists Society. She was the Discovery MGH research fellow in 2018 at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and a former lecturer at the Wits University. Salome is from Limpopo province, South Africa. After qualifying as a medical doctor at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Maswime completed a Fellowship and a Masters in Medicine degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She has worked in various hospitals in South Africa, including the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg for approximately 10 years.
She is a global surgery expert with significant research contributions on access to quality obstetrics care in Ghana. She is an advocate for women’s health rights, and equity in surgical and maternal care. She is an advisor and consultant to several institutions, including the World Health Organization and the Global Surgery Foundation. She has received numerous awards for her tenacity and commitment to maternal health, and for ongoing research in maternal health.
Relevant Readings
Improving surgical and medical outcomes, beyond maternal mortality
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