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This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Josephine Nambooze (born 1930) (pronunciation ⓘ) is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, and medical researcher. She is an emeritus professor of public health at Makerere University School of Public Health. Nambooze was the first female East African to qualify as a physician circa 1959. [1]
Isabella Epiu is an anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist in Uganda, who is reported to be the first female anesthesiologist in the countries of the East African Community, to graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga is a physician from Uganda, who is the country's first female ... who was a physician. She credits that aunt for paying her school fees and ...
Alma Downes Shaw (22 September 1893 – 14 December 1969) was an English medical missionary doctor of the Church Missionary Society founded and built the Mombasa Hospital for Women and Children. She subsequently worked at the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Kaloleni for 22 years.
Nigeria: Green is considered to have been the first female pharmacist in West Africa. Ekanem Bassey Ikpeme was considered the first native female pharmacist in Nigeria. [18] Tunisia: Dorra Bouzid is considered the first female pharmacist in Tunisia after independence. She started her practice sometime during the 1960s.
Also: Uganda: People: By occupation: Physicians / Women scientists: Women physicians This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Ugandan physicians . It includes physicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Joan Refshauge (1906–1979) was the first female doctor appointed to Papua New Guinea by the Australian government in 1947. [147] [148] Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (1906–2012) was the first female doctor in Vietnam. [149] [150] Sophie Redmond (1907–1955) became the first female doctor in Suriname after graduating from medical school in ...