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…
Lizett Bell, MSN, APRN, is an advanced practice nurse, health planner and public health policy specialist in Belize. As deputy director of Hospital Services and Allied Health and the chief nursing officer, she is responsible for workforce planning, policy and regulatory framework for nursing practice and education, and provides technical advice regarding nursing to the government. Her background includes 14 years with the Ministry of Health and Wellness in management,…
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…
Lindsey Harris, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN, is a legislative fellow in the office of Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL 14), a family nurse practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine, and an Assistant Professor at the UAB School of Nursing. Her areas of focus include health care disparities, access to care, mental health and nursing advocacy, among others. Lindsey was the first person of color to serve as…
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