Dolorence Wakida is a nurse educator, mentor, and leader in Uganda. She currently serves as the executive corporate director of a consultancy firm that supports health training institutions in Uganda. Dolorence has been an institutional health administrator and manager for more than 30 years. Dolorence has implemented multiple international surveys, studies, and initiatives on nurse education, the nursing labor market, and nursing recruitment. She chairs the Faculty of Education at the East, Central and Southern African College of Nursing (ECSACON) and serves on the national central executive committee of Nursing Now. She also serves on the committee on national continuing professional development and accreditation for the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council. Dolorence earned a Master of Human Resource Management from Makerere University and a Master of Public Health from NEXUS International University.
Applied Project Title: Policy Reforms Toward Strengthening the Capacity of Human Resources for Health at Leura School of Nursing and Midwifery and Ibulanku Health Centre IV, Ibulanku Community, Busoga Region, Eastern Uganda 2023-2025
Access to health services in rural Uganda is poor but could be improved through the development of a well-trained, motivated and resilient workforce of nurses and midwives. This on-going policy project examined strategic ways the Ugandan government could address the country’s critical shortage of nurses and midwives in rural health facilities, which has impeded progress toward attaining the Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage by 2030. Recommendations include policy reforms around workforce planning and development; nurse education and training; nursing and midwifery leadership; and nursing and midwifery curricula to emphasize public health, starting with the Leura School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Ibulanku Health Center IV and the Ibulanku Community in the Busoga Region of eastern Uganda.