page_title: Janet Welch
hierarchical_section_title: Janet Welch
caption_attribution_description: English: Janet Welch at the age of 21. this picture taken at her family home at Thoroton in Nottinghamshire, England
context_page_description: Janet Welch Mackie MBE was an English doctor who worked mainly in East Africa and the United States. Her work, research and published material helped in establishing modern healthcare and nursing practices in the developing world. From 1926 until 1938 she worked as a medical missionary with the Church of Scotland, working mostly in Blantyre in modern day Malawi. In 1942 she emigrated to the United States. In 1946 she became an assistant professor at the Bowman Gray Medical School in North Carolina and eventually went on to become a medical consultant to the United States Public Health Service and World Health Organisation.
context_section_description: Janet Welch Mackie  MBE (March 2, 1894 – November 24, 1959) was an English doctor who worked mainly in East Africa and the United States. Her work, research and published material helped in establishing modern healthcare and nursing practices in the developing world. From 1926 until 1938 she worked as a medical missionary with the Church of Scotland, working mostly in Blantyre in modern day Malawi. In 1942 she emigrated to the United States. In 1946 she became an assistant professor at the Bowman Gray Medical School in North Carolina and eventually went on to become a medical consultant to the United States Public Health Service and World Health Organisation.
caption: Janet Welch at the age of 21
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