In 1974 she commenced her nurse training and quickly realised that her heart lay in midwifery. She has been a midwife for 47 years and has worked in hospital, community, education and research and global midwifery. She was one of the first Consultant Midwives in the UK, specialising in Public Health in Liverpool UK working around all aspects of deprivation and inequalities that affect pregnant women and their families. She was also appointed as National Midwifery Assessor for the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths.
Her expertise has taken her to the Middle East to establish Midwifery Education and initiate a shared care model to empower the role of the midwife in the UAE which was endorsed by the UAE Government. Grace is worked at the Aga Khan University as the Foundation Professor for Midwifery Education and Practice, based in Uganda, but working strategically across East Africa. She has always maintained her clinical practice and practiced at Kawempe Mulago hospital in Kampala. Now back in the UK, she remains an adjunct professor at Aga Khan, supporting the development of midwives in East Africa and is supporting JHPIEGO in developing a standardised midwifery curriculum in India.
Contact details: dr.grace.edwards@gmail.com
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