I used to work at the Registrar of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council where I was the custodian of all information pertaining to the Ugandan nursing cadre. I often felt humbled when people, including those from high-ranking organizations, would come to me seeking data. Too often though, I felt helpless and guilty knowing that the data I gave them was inaccurate. I would sit among heaps of paper, data piled up from the 1930s when the Council...