Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda, (born 1959), is a

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pediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

in the

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, who serves as the Deputy Executive Director of the 450-bed Mulago Women's and Neonatal Referral Hospital. She was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

Background and education

She was born in 1959, in ''Kinoni Village'', Rwampara sub-county, Mbarara District, to Mary Kabarungi and John Kafaari. After attending local elementary school, she attended

Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School Bweranyangi Girls' Secondary School is a girls-only boarding middle and high school in Bushenyi District in the Western Region of Uganda. Location The school campus is located on Bweranyangi Hill (elevation:) in the southern suburbs of the town ...

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, for her O-Level education. In 1977, she was admitted to

Gayaza High School Gayaza High School is the oldest all-girls boarding secondary school covering grades 8 to 13 (Secondary 1 to 6) in Uganda. The school is Church-founded, government-aided and accredited by the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports ...

, a prestigious all-girls boarding secondary school, in

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, where she completed her A-Level studies. She was admitted to

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

, to study human medicine. She graduated with a

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(MBChB) degree in 1987. Later, in 1996, she was awarded a postgraduate

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(MMed) degree in

Pediatrics Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...

, also by Makerere University, in

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, Uganda's

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, and largest city. In 2012, she graduated with a

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degree in Pediatrics, from the

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, in

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Career

Dr Nankunda a consultant pediatrician at

Mulago National Referral Hospital Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...

, reported to have the busiest labor ward in the world, with over 30,000 live births annually, averaging 32,654 annually in the three years from 1 January 2011 until 31 December 2013. This is an average of approximately 90 deliveries every day, or 3.7 births per hour, including about 20 to 25 daily

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s. In August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health, appointed Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda MBChB, MMed (Peds), PhD, as the interim deputy executive director of the new ''Mulago Specialised Maternal and Neonatal Hospital''. She will deputize Dr. Evelyn Christine Nabunya, a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist.

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As of 19 December 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nankunda, Jolly Living people 1959 births Ankole people Ugandan pediatricians Makerere University alumni University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of Makerere University People educated at Gayaza High School People from Western Region, Uganda People from Mbarara District Ugandan healthcare managers 21st-century Ugandan women scientists 21st-century Ugandan scientists People educated at Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School

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