World Medical Association president Dr. Margaret Mungherera

Dr. Margaret Mungherera is a Ugandan psychiatrist who is the head of the Ugandan Medical Association and the first African woman to head the World Medical Association, the umbrella body representing doctors all over the world. Dr Mungherera has been a doctor for 30 years and a psychiatrist for 20 years, with forensic psychiatry as her special area of interest. She is visiting Wellington as a guest of the New Zealand Medical Association. She will discuss the challenges facing doctors worldwide in their work providing good healthcare.