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Salome Tumishang Maswime
Alma materUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
University of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
University of the Witwatersrand
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
ThesisReducing maternal morbidity and mortality from caesarean section-related haemorrhage in Southern Gauteng

Salome Maswime is a South African clinician and health expert. She is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Professor of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town.[1] In 2017, she was honored with the Trailblazer and Young Achiever Award.

Early life and education

Salome Maswime is from Limpopo.[2] She graduated in medicine from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005.[3] During her medical internship, she saw two deaths in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal.[4] She secured a PhD position supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the South African Medical Research Council that allowed her to find ways to improve the lives of mothers and infants.[2] She completed her Masters and PhD theses at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she looked to reduce maternal morbidity from caesarean section related haemorrhage in Gauteng.[2][5]

Career

Maswime is an executive member of the South African Perioperative Research Group.[6] She is a member of the International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems.[2] She was a lecturer and Director of the University of the Witwatersrand Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinical Research Division and an obstetrician at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Academic Hospital.[7] She works with women with high risk pregnancies.[8] Her research considers maternal near miss and mortality.[9][10] She found that maternal deaths from bleeding during caesarean sections have increased in South Africa.[11] She compared the preparedness of hospitals for surgical complications in caesarean sections in southern Gauteng.[10]

In 2017, she was named by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 South Africans.[12][13] Maswime discovered that Africa accounts for 200,000 maternal deaths per year; which is two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide.[3] She has written for The Conversation about increasing the number of caesarean sections in Africa.[3][14] She won the Trailblazer and Young Achiever Award from Jacob Zuma in 2017.[15]

In 2018, she launched the South African Clinician Scientists Society.[16] She was awarded a Discovery Foundation Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital Fellowship in 2018.[17][18][19] Her fellowship allows her to research the causes of stillbirths in HIV-positive people.[20] The fellowship is worth R2.1 million.[20] In 2019 she was appointed as a Professor of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town.[1]

In 2020, she was announced as one of the World Economic Forum's Class of 2020 Young Scientists, a group of 25 notable researchers who are "at the forefront of scientific discovery."[21]

References

  1. ^ a b administrator (2019-08-05). "SAMRC funding impacts on young scientist's success journey". South African Medical Research Council. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c d Johannesburg, The University of the Witwatersrand. "2017 - Witsie is honoured as Young Trailblazer and Achiever - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Salome Maswime". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. ^ "Dr Salome Maswime – 2017". ysa.mg.co.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. ^ Maswime, Salome; Buchmann, Eckhart (2017-01-24). "A systematic review of maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum hemorrhage". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 137 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12096. ISSN 0020-7292. PMID 28099749.
  6. ^ User, Super. "South African Perioperative Research Group - News". www.saporg.co.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Media briefing on newly appointed NYDA board | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  8. ^ "Salome Maswime -". Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  9. ^ Maswime, Salome; Buchmann, Eckhart (2017-01-24). "A systematic review of maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum hemorrhage". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 137 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12096. ISSN 0020-7292. PMID 28099749.
  10. ^ a b Maswime, Salome; Buchmann, Eckhart (September 2016). "Causes and avoidable factors in maternal death due to cesarean-related hemorrhage in South Africa". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 134 (3): 320–323. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.03.013. ISSN 0020-7292. PMID 27352737.
  11. ^ Maswime, S.; Buchmann, E. J. (2017-01-09). "Why women bleed and how they are saved: a cross-sectional study of caesarean section near-miss morbidity". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17 (1): 15. doi:10.1186/s12884-016-1182-7. ISSN 1471-2393. PMC 5223297. PMID 28068945.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  12. ^ Johannesburg, The University of the Witwatersrand. "2017-07 - Witsies recognised in M&G's 200 Young South Africans 2017 - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  13. ^ Pilane, Pontsho (2017-08-11). "Black experts in the health sector: Where are they?". Bhekisisa. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  14. ^ "African women need access to Caesars". News24. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  15. ^ "President Jacob Zuma: National Youth Day Commemoration 2017 speech". Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  16. ^ "High Flying UKZN Alumnus Forms Clinician Scientists Society". UKZN. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  17. ^ DiscoverySA (2018-08-01), Dr Salome Maswime is determined that no mother should lose her baby at birth, retrieved 2018-08-16
  18. ^ Johannesburg, The University of the Witwatersrand. "2018 - Alumni in the news July 2018 - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  19. ^ "Dr Maswime believes no mother should lose her baby | Health - Discovery". www.discovery.co.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  20. ^ a b "Dr Maswime wins Foundation MGH Fellowship Award | Health - Discovery". www.discovery.co.za. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  21. ^ "These 25 scientists are tackling the most important global challenges". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
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