Dr. Mutabazi takes over Save the Mothers top office in E.Africa
Mar 24, 2017
Chamberlain who has spent 12-years in Uganda at the helm of Save the Mothers (STM), East Africa, an organisation that promotes safe motherhood in Uganda is returning to Canada in April.
Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese wraps a shawl round Dr Miriam Mutabazi as a symbolic hand over gesture of Save The Mothers East Africa. Photos by Catherine Mwesigwa Kizza
Dr. Miriam Mutabazi has taken over the office of the director of Save the Mothers (STM), East Africa from Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese.
Chamberlain who has spent 12-years in Uganda at the helm of Save the Mothers (STM), East Africa, an organisation that promotes safe motherhood in Uganda is returning to Canada in April.
Chamberlain told New Vision that she handed over the office to Mutabazi recently.
Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese and Dr. Miriam Mutabazi at the handover dinner
Mutabazi, an obstetrician-gynaecologist has a cumulative 17-year- experience in the field of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Reproductive Health. She has worked for several international organisations including Management Science for Health (MSH) for six years, UNFPA for 11 years and several years in civil service in Uganda.
Most recently, she has been the project coordinator for the upcoming medical school at Uganda Christian University.
In the meantime, Chamberlain said, she will work with Mutabazi through a transition period that started in February until mid-April when her family will return to Canada.
Dr Pius Okong, head of Health Service Commission before handing over a plaque to recognise Thom and Dr Jean Froese's 12-year service in Uganda
Chamberlain said STM has worked towards the reduction of maternal deaths since 2005. The maternal mortality ratio has declined by almost 25% from 438 deaths per 100,000 live births registered in 2011 to 336 per 100,000 live births in 2016.
The organisation has also trained 440 professionals who have graduated with a Master's Degree in Public Health Leadership at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Mukono.
Thom Froese and Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese after the Save the Mother's alumni dressed them up for their farewell dinner at Serena Kampala Hotel recently.
One of alumni of STM, Sylvia Namabidde, the former woman MP for Mityana district described Chamberlain as an amazing woman and a servant leader. "I will forever be indebted to her even long after she has returned to Canada," she said, vowing to keep in touch with her.