Association Of Obstetriciana and Gynaecologists of Uganda ( AOGU )
Association Of Obstetriciana and Gynaecologists of Uganda ( AOGU )
Location : Email : aogu2012@gmail.com

Our History

The Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda (AOGU) began over 25 years ago, when a small group of obstetricians began to realize that professionals in their discipline were very separated and that it would be more beneficial to group together and work as a team.This group wanted to create a space where health professionals could exchange knowledge and in the year 1985 AOGU was formed as a professional association. AOGU started as a small association where members gathered to discuss the work that each one was doing. The first few years were a challenge, especially for recruiting new members. Many obstetricians and gynaecologists in Uganda were already members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK from having studied abroad, and were hesitant about the need for establishing another such association in Uganda. With time, however, AOGU gained more and more credibility and has achieved many successes. AOGU now has over 140 members, has established relationships with everal partners and is involved in many projects.In 1998, AOGU met with the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) and established a partnership in the year 1999. Through the AOGU – SOGC Partnership, the association was able to gain an office space with a set address and establish a secretariat. AOGU also moved forward by extending membership to include other disciplines, including midwives and nurses.

Founding Members of AOGU:

  1. Professor Frederick Bulwa
  2. Professor Francis Miiro
  3. Professor Florence Mirembe
  4. Dr Apollo Karugaba
  5. Dr Jotham Musinguzi
  6. Dr Nicholas Senkatuka
  7. Dr Saul Rumanda

Core Values and Principles:

  • Professionalism
  • Transparency and Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Innovation
  • Dynamism
  • Teamwork and Commitment
  • Partnership
  • Standards and Quality



About Us

The Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda (AOGU) is a registered non-profit, professional organization with a mandate to promote professionalism, undertake research, represent its members at local, regional, international level and champion Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights of the people in the region

Core Values And Principles

  • Professionalism: members of AOGU shall adhere to their professional code of conduct and ethics in performance of their duties as prescribed for the medical field in general and for the obstetrics and gynecology profession in particular. AOGU shall provide fair treatment to all clients irrespective of gender, religion, race, ability or ethnic background.
  • Transparency and accountability: Members shall be open when providing reproductive health respect and answerable for their actions or inactions.
  • Responsiveness: AOGU and its members shall be responsive to the expectations and needs of its members, partners and communities in a timely manner.
  • Innovation: members of AOGU shall always explore new and creative ways of maximizing AOGU contribution to RH service delivery for the benefit of Ugandans through research.
  • Dynamism: both the individual members and the association as a whole shall handle the affairs of the association with vitality, energy and enthusiasm.
  • Teamwork and commitment: AOGU members shall work together as responsible and loyal members of the corporate family.
  • Partnership: AOGU will work closely with key partners in RH to contribute to sustainable human development and improvement of the quality of life.
  • Standards and quality: AOGU shall promote and maintain standards and quality in reproductive health service delivery.
  • Partnerships: AOGU has nurtured partnerships with the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Canada (SOGC), Social Justice Fund, Canada, Save the Children in Uganda, White Ribbon Alliance, Uganda Christian University Mukono, Uganda Private Midwives Association, Uganda Society of Anesthesia, Uganda National Midwives Union, African Midwives Research Network (AMRN), Action AID Uganda, Child Health and Development Centre, Makerere University, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care , Baylor, Infectious Disease Institute, UHMG, PACE, UNFPA, CUAMM, RHITES, JHPIEGO, Makerere School of Public Health, MOH and Save the Children.

Core Services Provided by AOGU in Reproductive Health

    1. Alarm International Course (Advances in Labour and Risk management)

      A 5 day course in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care for various cadres of health providers (Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, medical officers, midwives& nurses and health administrators in Health units) to update on knowledge, improve skills and increase on the readiness for emergency obstetric care to reduce maternal and new born mortality and morbidity.

    2.  AIP-HAS

      The purpose of AIP for health administrators (AIP-HAS) to improve on the working environment at the health facility as a strategy.

    3. Clinical Mentorship and Support Supervision

      Clinical mentorship is a sustained collaborative relationship where a highly experienced health care provider guides the improvement process in the quality of care delivered by other providers so as to improve skills and the health care delivery systems in their respective places of work.

      It involves working with the health providers in their setting, with emphasis on skills transfer, clinical organization, patient flow and continuous quality improvement in the key areas identified.

      To promote sustained provision of quality Emergency Obstetric/Newborn Care and safe   anesthesia at all levels of health care as a pre-requisite to the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality.

      Objectives of Clinical Mentorship

      1. To enhance the acquisition of skill competencies of different cadres in EmOC, newborn care and Obstetric anaesthesia.
      2. To promote professionalism, communication skills and good ethical conducts of Health workers.
      3. To improve Health workers participation on documentation of health information system in Health facilities and the community,
      4. To promote health workers in preventive strategies of maternal newborn interventions with linkages in the community.

    4. MPDR

      Maternal and perinatal death reviews are re-enforced by building on what is conducted at health facilities. This is done by:

      1. Strengthening of MPDR committees at CEMNOC Health facilities
      2. Quality Improvement participation in MPDR committee meetings at health facilities.
      3. Participating CMEs in some units that respond to the MPDR recommendations.

    5. PPUID

      Expanding access to postpartum and postabortion family planning services through training service providers in postpartum and postabortion intrauterine contraceptive device insertion.

    6. Training in Post Abortion Care

      To equip health providers with adequate skills and knowledge to provide postabortion care to women who present at health facilities with high risk complications.

    7. Research and Development

      We provide evidence based research that lead to significant changes in health workers skills and practice so that mortality and morbidity is reduced.

    8. Cervical Cancer Screening

    9. Family Planning


 

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