Ms Nokuzola Cynthia Mzolo (2011)

Category: Clinician

Area: Midwifery

Location: Department of Health KwaZulu-Natal (DOH KZN)

E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Mzolo has been a District Clinical Specialist Advanced Midwife at Sisonke/Harry Gwala District in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) since 2012. She assists in providing leadership, clinical governance and outreach support to all sub-districts in Sisonke in the Maternal Neonatal Child and Women’s Health Programme in pursuit of the reduction of perinatal and child mortality. Ms Mzolo previously worked at McCord maternity unit and as a facilitator for the Decentralised Education Programme in Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science (DEPAM). In 2000, she joined the Centre for Rural Health (CRH) to facilitate quality improvement and operational research in Maternal and Neonatal Health (including PMTCT) in KZN, Limpopo Province and Swaziland. Ms Mzolo is a member of the National Ministerial Committee on Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality (NaPeMMCo) and has represented KZN since its inception in 2008. In addition, Ms Mzolo represents KZN through the Midwives in the Society of Midwives of South Africa (SOMSA).