Midwife, Augustin Harushimana
I am Augustin Harushimana and I was born on October 9th at
ITEKA, MWARO in BURUNDI, In 2017, i finished my studies in sciences
health option’s Midwifery at the
University Institute of Health Sciences and Community Development in Bujumbura
and i am fatherless single and 4th in the siblings of 6 children, two of whom
are no longer alive. I have been a health care
provider at Ukwizera Health Center in
Bujumbura and a midwife in charge of mother-child health care in the framework
of the improving the health in my village in up country at the Misuhuko
Medical Center ( Misuhukomedicalcenter ) I am also a Midwife
provider and in charge of health information data at the Friends Women's
Association (FWAburundi ) since 2017 and I am President and Founder of The Midwife in Action's Association Vyara Uheke Burundi
(MAABURUNDI ) since 2019 which is a
member of ICM, I am also a Selected as a Young Midwife Leader by The
International Confederation of Midwives in YML program 2021-2023,I am ICFP 2022 YOUTH TRAILBLAZER
I want all women of childbearing age in
Burundi to be in contact with midwives and I work tirelessly by monitoring
sexual and reproductive health from infancy to From 9 years old I am already
starting with sex education and I follow up with young people, couples in
preparation for marriage, pregnant women and their partners, breastfeeding
women and their children, I provide medical support in general for women of
childbearing age in Burundi.