Salome Maswime is a Professor and the Head of the Global Surgery Division at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre for Integrated Clinical Care. She is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, a member of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics FIGO Committee on ethical aspects of Human Reproduction, and the United Nations Core Stillbirths Estimates Group.  She has received numerous awards for her contribution to healthcare, including the trailblazer and young achiever award by the President of South Africa in 2017, and NSTF SA MRC Clinician Scientist award for pioneering Global Surgery in Africa.