Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
I am Dr. Henry Mark Lugobe. I am a faculty member in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, the leading academic research institution in western Uganda. As a practicing physician at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital/ Mbarara University of Science and Technology, my central focus is to improve the care of patients, with particular regard to maternal and newborn outcomes in this resource limited setting.
I have been involved in quality improvement processes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital/ Mbarara University of Science and Technology with emphasis on maternal death audits and managment of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as well as the long term cardiovascular health of mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Our quality improvement efforts have led to the setting up of a maternal death registry as well as conducting maternal death audits within 24 hours of the death. We use the ministry of health maternal death audit forms while conducting the audits as well as inolving all members of the team the managed the mother.
We also introduced a treatment sheet for mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. This sheet is intended to remind clinicians of the managment protocols for hypertension in pregnancy as well as the administration of drugs such as magnesium sulfate and anti hypertensive medications.
My long-term career goal is to become an independent academic researcher with expertise in developing, testing, and implementing innovative strategies to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. This will enable me to establish my position as a leader in the long term cardiovascular health of postpartum mothers