AMREF Selects Ugandan Midwife To Lead Maternal Health Campaign

The African Medical and Research Foundation [AMREF] has selected Esther Madudu, a midwife at the Tiriri health center in northeast Uganda, to lead its global campaign, Stand Up for African Mothers, the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog" reports. The goal of the project is to reduce maternal deaths worldwide by 25 percent and train an additional 30,000 midwives, "including 10,000 in Uganda," according to the blog. Madudu will travel to France this week, "where she will address delegates at the Women's Forum Global meeting, alongside Uganda's minister of health, Christine Ondoa," the blog notes (Ford, 10/12).