Lucy Mabada is a midwife and nurse and holds an advanced diploma in midwifery. Lucy has experience training trainers of the Helping Mothers Survive program in Uganda and has provided capacity-building support through UNFPA to midwives in Bangladesh. She also worked for Jhpiego for several years as a midwifery adviser where she trained midwives and other health care providers. After working for Jhpiego, Lucy joined the Tanzania Midwives Association in 2017 as a project manager.