Burama Badjie is the administrator of Bansang Hospital, part of the Ministry of Health in the Gambia. He began his nursing career more than 25 years ago as a bedside nurse and joined Bansang Hospital in 2014. Before becoming administrator, he worked as principal nursing officer and head of Clinical Services. Burama is a seasoned national trainer, leading courses including Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; Emergency Maternal, Neonatal and Child…
Fatoumata Bah is nurse-midwife in the Gambia. She worked for many years as a perioperative nurse, then later worked in pediatrics. Fatoumata also worked as a midwife in one of the major health centers in the greater Banjul area (Faji-kunda Health centre). At this facility, she delivered reproductive health services at both base and outreach clinics. In 2005, she moved to academia where she educated registered nurses and midwives at…
Chancy Banda is a registered nurse and midwife who serves as the district nursing and midwifery officer for the Nsanje District Council, part of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Malawi. In this role, she oversees the implementation of nursing and midwifery services and serves as district quality management coordinator. Chancy works to improve the quality of maternal, newborn and child health care through mentoring health care…
Tabu Chirwa-Gonani is a registered nurse midwife in Malawi with more than 18 years of experience. Currently, she heads the nursing department at Mulanje Mission Hospital, a faith-based health facility in Southern Malawi, where she is responsible for nursing care and quality improvement (QI) programs. A passionate QI advocate, Tabu leads a hospital-wide, standard-based accreditation program as part of Malawi`s Quality Management Directorate. Under her leadership, the hospital`s QI scores…
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