Dr. Anzo Adiga, OB/GYN & President, Rotary Club of Adjumani

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Dr. Anzo’s calling to medicine emerged from childhood trauma that forever changed his life trajectory. As a young boy, he witnessed a pregnant English teacher bleeding from antepartum hemorrhage, pleading for help while no qualified medical personnel were available to perform the necessary surgery. The tragic deaths of both mother and baby devastated the community and left an indelible mark on young William's mind. When his father explained that both lives could have been saved if a doctor had been present to operate, Dr. Anzo immediately abandoned his childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and committed himself to becoming "a doctor who will do such operations." 

This defining moment continues to drive Dr. Anzo's dedication twelve years later. Dr. Anzo has served one of Uganda's most remote and underserved regions at Moyo General Hospital, bringing specialized care to communities that would otherwise have no access to maternal healthcare expertise.  

With four years as a specialist obstetrician/gynecologist and eight years of general practice experience, Dr. Anzo has never lost a patient to similar preventable circumstances. He chooses to work in Moyo despite its challenges because "the service goes direct to those who really need it" in this hard-to-reach location, 500 kilometers from Kampala and requiring two Nile River crossings by ferry. 

Dr. Anzo champions simulation-based medical education as the most critical intervention for improving maternal healthcare outcomes. He recognizes that consistent training and retraining of healthcare workers through realistic scenarios can prevent the very tragedy that inspired his career. Pipeline's partnership has enabled him to implement advanced monitoring equipment, making Moyo General Hospital only the second government facility in Uganda with real-time maternal and fetal monitoring capabilities. 

His vision extends beyond individual patient care to systemic change, believing that with proper equipment, skills, and simulation training, Moyo can become "an island of healthcare excellence" achieving maternal mortality rates below 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.