Francis Miiro

Francis A. Miiro, (2 August 1934 – 30 March 2008), was a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in Uganda, who served as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Makerere University School of Medicine and concurrently as senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologists at Mulago National Referral Hospital, the teaching hospital of the medical school.

Background and education Miiro was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda, on 2 August 1934. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. His parents were the late Maria Nakiwala Nakayima and the late Petero Nsubuga.

Illness and death He died on 30 March 2008 at Mulago National Referral Hospital, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 73. He was survived by his wife and eleven adult children and eight grandchildren.