Nurse and public health official Rukaya Mumuni and community health worker Prossy Muyingo are among the"heroines of health" honored this year.Nurse and public health official Rukaya Mumuni and community health worker Prossy Muyingo are among the"heroines of health" honored this year.Prossy Muyingo is being honored as a"heroine of health" for helping women make more informed choices about family planning and reproductive health.
"She was curious how I did it, so I explained the use of contraceptives. She had many questions about whether it is safe but then mentioned her husband wouldn't be comfortable using them." Muyingo advised her to start by coming on her own to a health center that offers family planning services. In countries where patriarchal norms dictate women's decisions, health specialists may suggest that a woman come without her partner to preliminary checkups.
"Most of the nurses who served our community came from the outside, since many girls never got educated. But one day, when I went to the hospital with my mum, I met a female nurse who was from our village," Mumuni says. That encounter inspired her to pursue nursing and later a Master's degree in public health.
When she sent a photo of the award to her female colleagues, she says,"I told them it was their victory." They texted her that they were so happy, they cried. Muyingo herself has struggled to get by. During the pandemic, she had to permanently close her hair salon. While she continues to operate a smaller hairstyling business from her home, life hasn't been easy."The pandemic was a very difficult period for me as a health-care worker and a mother. It highlighted that we have a lot of gaps in the community.
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