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Gustav Moyo is the Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services at the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children in Dar es Salaam - Tanzania and also the Vice-President of East, Central and Southern African College of Nursing (ECSACON). Previously, he had served for eight years as the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery Council, which regulates training, and practice of nurses and midwives in Tanzania. Gustav has BSc degree in Nursing from the Aga Khan University and Masters in Health-care Ethics and Law from the University of Manchester – UK. For five years he worked in remote district hospital in Tanzania where he had unique experience with various health challenges including those related to maternal health in limited resources setting. Has served as a manager for the Duke-Muhimbili collaborative project and participated in HIV Vertical Transmission study and cerebral malaria study. During his tenure as the Registrar, he has managed to establish computerized data system for nurses and midwives in Tanzania, introduced license renewal system, twice successfully managed the nurses law review process leading to promulgation of new nurses’ act, developed several nurses’ guidelines to clarify their scope of practice and managed to support nurses and midwives engaged in private practice. His major interest is in professional regulation and ethics. Gustav has presented in various conferences on ethics and professional regulation.<ref>{{REFdocument