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Dr. Edward Buga

Lecturer Obstetrics and Gynaecology edward.buga@wits.ac.za

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Edward Buga is a clinician-researcher focused on obstetric critical care and maternal health in resource-limited settings, with work closely aligned to South African intensive care contexts. His scholarship bridges obstetrics and critical care medicine, addressing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality through improved ICU practices, multidisciplinary care, and health system strengthening.

His publications explore maternal sepsis, obstetric ICU services, and outcomes of critically ill pregnant and postpartum patients. Through retrospective clinical analyses and commentary in leading journals, he highlights risk factors, management strategies, and systemic gaps affecting maternal survival, particularly in low-income environments.

More recent contributions examine COVID-19 in pregnancy and innovative approaches to mechanical ventilation during pandemic-related resource shortages. This body of work demonstrates strengths in translational clinical insight, global health advocacy, and pragmatic solutions that enhance maternal and neonatal outcomes in constrained healthcare systems.

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