Josephine Nambooze (born 1930) () is a Ugandan physician,
public health specialist, academic, and
medical researcher. She is an emeritus professor of public health at
Makerere University School of Public Health. Nambooze was the first female East African to qualify as a physician circa 1959.
Background and education
Nambooze was born at
Nsambya
Nsambya is a hill in the center of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. The name also refers to the upscale and middle-class neighborhoods that have been developed on the hill and its slopes.
Location
Nsambya is located approximat ...
, a suburb of Kampala to Joseph Lule, a school teacher, and Maria Magdalena Lule, a housewife. She was the first born in a family of thirteen children. She attended St. Joseph's Primary School Nsambya, and
Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga
Mt. St. Mary's College Namagunga is an all-girl boarding secondary school located in Mukono District in Uganda. The school is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi.
Location
The school is on the Kampala–Jinja Highway, approx ...
. While at Namagunga, she studied science subjects. There being no laboratories at the school at the time, she studied her science classes at
Namilyango College
Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding secondary school located in Mukono District in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda, whose history and excellence in sports and academics have made it one of the most prestigious schools i ...
, an all-boys residential high school to the west of Namagunga.
During the mid-1950s, she was admitted to
Makerere University School of Medicine to study human medicine, the first female in the history of the school. Following graduation from Makerere, she undertook postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom and the United States, returning to Uganda in 1962.
Work experience
She joined the staff at Makerere University in 1962 as a lecturer in public health and maternal and child health. She was given the responsibility of supervising Kasangati Health Centre, a teaching facility of
Makerere University School of Public Health.
She later made senior lecturer, associate professor, and full professor in those fields. She has also served as the
World Health Organization
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(WHO) representative to Botswana and as director of support for health services development at the WHO regional office in
Brazzaville
Brazzaville () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department and a Communes of the Republic of the Congo, commune. Constituting t ...
, Congo.
See also
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Mulago Hospital
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Nsambya Hospital
St. Francis Hospital Nsambya, commonly known as Nsambya Hospital, is a hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.
Location
Nsambya Hospital is located 2.7Km from Kampala Central Business District off Ggaba ...
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Uganda Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is a Cabinet of Uganda, cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining an efficient and effective healthcare delivery system, including preventive, curative, and reh ...
References
External links
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Uganda: 100 Most Influential Ugandans - Part III - 9 August 2015
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Living people
1937 births
Makerere University alumni
Ugandan public health doctors
Ugandan women physicians
Academic staff of Makerere University
Ugandan Roman Catholics
People from Kampala District
Ugandan women scientists
People educated at Namilyango College
People educated at Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga
Women public health doctors
First women physicians