Background
She was born on 25 October 1957. Her father, a retired civil servant, traces his roots to Butaleja District in Eastern Region, Uganda.
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Margaret Mungherera
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She attended Nakasero Primary School and Gayaza High School for her elementary and secondary education.
Career
She also serves as the president of the Uganda Medical Association. She is one of five siblings, four of whom are medical doctors. In 1977, she was admitted to Makerere University to study human medicine.
She graduated in 1982 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
After one year of internship at Mulago National Referral Hospital, she proceeded to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she obtained the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, in 1984. In 1992, she obtained the degree of Master of Medicine in psychiatry from Makerere University.
Her chosen field of concentration is forensic psychiatry. Foreign eight years, from 1992 until 2000, she worked as a registrar at Butabika National Referral Hospital, responsible for forensic services.
In 2000, she was appointed as consultant psychiatrist, Mulago National Referral Hospital responsible for forensic services, serving in that capacity until 2003.
From 2003 until present, she serves as senior consultant psychiatrist, Mulago Hospital Complex, responsible for psychiatry emergency services. From 2012 until present, she was assigned further responsibility of clinical head, Directorate of Medical Services (Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry), at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
