Dr Christine Mwelwa Kaseba-Sata

Former First Lady, Chairperson of Ubutala ubwa Bumi

Dr Christine Mwelwa Kaseba-Sata, is a renowned Zambian specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology. She has practiced as a physician at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka for more than 25 years, and lectured for the past 15 years at the University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

Dr Kaseba-Sata has broad experience in the area of sexual and reproductive health, from sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, to family planning, comprehensive abortion care, and malaria in pregnancy, reproductive health cancers, emergency obstetrics and newborn care.

Dr Kaseba-Sata is a committed advocate to improving maternal and newborn health and addressing issues around gender-based violence, and was appointed WHO’s Goodwill Ambassador against Gender-based Violence from October 2012 to October 2014.