Gender Lens: A Moment to Reveal and Wipe the Black Spots
By: Genereuse Iradukunda, MBBS/MGHD Class of 2025 This essay was awarded second place in UGHE’s student essay writing competition on “Gender Equity Issues during Pandemics.” The whole world incurred chaos as the COVID’19 started spreading early this year and on January 30, …
Caregiving: A Perpetual Gender Inequity Issue Uncontested
By: Olivier Mbarushimana Nshuti, MBBS/MGHD Class of 2025 This essay was awarded third place in UGHE’s student essay writing competition on “Gender Equity Issues during Pandemics” Throughout decades, the world has been driven by cultural perceptions and understandings that allusively prioritized people’s …
Life in Lockdown: Collaboration across Every Level on Butaro Campus
Despite the devastating socio-economic and health implications of this virus worldwide, COVID-19 has shown us that unity and collaboration – globally, but also on a smaller scale within organizations – can be a binding force to spark positive, and inclusive action. Collaboration …
A Message on Fighting Social Injustice from UGHE Vice Chancellor Prof. Agnes Binagwaho
Dear Readers, I hope you and your families are staying safe during this period of great uncertainty. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is now coupled with a worldwide fight to combat racial inequities, since the horrific murder of George Floyd and far too …
UGHE Drivers Serve as Bridge between Patients and Critical Cancer Care During COVID-19
This is a time of crisis globally, but it is also a time where unity and collaboration can triumph if countries, organizations and individuals find innovative ways to support one another and, where possible, put the resources they have available towards strengthening …
Phone the Frontline: Leah Blezard, MGHD ’19, on training Community Health Workers on COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has experienced its share of health challenges in the past decade. In 2014, it was at the epicenter of the West African Ebola epidemic. The country lost roughly 4000 people to the deadly disease over two years. Partners In Health …
Vice Chancellor Prof. Agnes Binagwaho Participates in Connected Women Leaders Virtual Health Forum
CWL/CARE Virtual Health Forum On May 15th, UGHE’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Agnes Binagwaho took part in the CWL/CARE Virtual Health Forum, Connected Women Leaders, an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, which aims to connect women leaders across all sectors of life and …
Celebrating International Day of the Nurse, and International Year of the Nurse & Midwife: Featuring Andre Ndayambaje, MGHD ’19
“The first baby I held was the baby of my sister. It was during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and my sister gave birth in the forest. It was raining and cold, and I didn’t know what to do …
A Mother’s Voice: Dr. Sosina Dessalegn, MGHD ’20
After completing medical school, most graduates take time to celebrate before beginning their internship years. For Dr. Sosina Dessalegn, there was little time for celebration. Just a week after she graduated, Dessalegn gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Levona. …
A Mother’s Voice: Salome Sijenyi, MGHD ’20
In 2017, Salome Sijenyi walked into the pediatric ward of one of the largest hospitals in her County of Siaya in Western Kenya and was shocked by what she found. Two mothers sharing a bed with their sick children in this overcrowded …
A Mother’s Voice: Dr. Grace Chinelo Okengwu, MGHD ’20
Dr. Grace Chinelo Okengwu has learned to make the most of her situation. As a young doctor in the Abia state of Nigeria, she was often faced with difficult decisions, fighting a lack of resources and a shortage of staff. Early on, …
The Many Shades of Motherhood: Denise Kayigamba
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Denise Kayigamba, UGHE’s Director of Contracting & Procurement shares her experiences on motherhood of a teenager during the Coronavirus lockdown, and her message of solidarity with other mothers at the time. The Many Shades of Motherhood: My experiences …
