Ashley Kovacs, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, is a clinical nurse in women’s health at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where she advocates for women and their unborn children. At Cleveland Clinic, she has served as nurse preceptor, charge nurse, assistant manager and perioperative lead. Her 20-year nursing career includes labor and delivery bedside nurse at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and assistant nurse manager in labor and delivery at UT Southwestern Medical Center,…
Francoise Chantal Melanie is a registered nurse and midwife in the Seychelles with 27 years of community health experience. Currently, she works at the National Youth Health Centre as a Nurse Manager within the Ministry of Health in the area of sexual reproductive health and rights. Francoise is a passionate advocate for marginalized and at-risk populations at the community, national, regional, and international levels. She is also a committed HIV…
Cecelia C. Kpangbala-Flomo is a nurse with more than 15 years of experience leading health regulatory body and nursing/midwifery education and practice in Liberia. She has worked as a nurse educator and curriculum developer for public health and nursing/midwifery programs and currently directs policy formulation and comprehensive administrative activities at the Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery. In addition, she is a faculty member of the West African Postgraduate College…
Getrude Mwambui is a registered nurse and midwife and health leader in Kenya. She currently serves as a senior nursing officer at Mariakani Sub County Hospital, where she coordinates nursing services and leads the newly established Oncology Department. Gertrude is focused on provision of high-quality nursing services, health promotion and advocacy, health equity, community strategy advocacy in non-communicable diseases (NCD) care and control, and health workforce capacity building. Getrude began…
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