Carene Roxanne Umugwaneza, MGHD’19 Alumna in the office at Alliance for Healthy Communities MGHD’19 Alumna Carene Roxanne Umugwaneza on Combating HIV/AIDS Among Vulnerable Adolescent Girls and Young Women
The MGHD emphasizes not only hands-on and practical field experience, a focus on “systems” rather than symptoms, and leadership and management skills, but it is also an interdisciplinary program designed to help students achieve their various academic and professional goals. Our alumni are having a significant impact on nations, organizational departments, and communities around the […]
UGHE Impacts Girls in Butaro Through the “Her Story Project”
UGHE through the Department of Campus Operations and Community Engagement partnered with Image Rwanda to train 10 Butaro girls for the “Her Story Project”. The project aimed to empower girls who had dropped out of school due to poverty and teen pregnancy. The project prioritizes building a community for creatives and storytellers, with a goal […]
UGHE Graduates Butaro Community Members Trained On Business Development Skills
On 23rd March 2022, the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) through its Community Engagement initiatives, under the Entrepreneurship Training Program graduated 50 entrepreneurs from different small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Burera district who were trained on business development skills in partnership with Inkomoko Business Development. UGHE’s entrepreneurship training program aims at tackling […]
Emmanuel Okiror, MGHD’22 Student in Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Option joining the “Break the Bias” Campaign on International Women’s Day MGHD’22 Student and GSRH Scholar, Emmanuel Okiror, Advocates for Men’s Involvement in Gender Equity and Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
The Master of Science in Global Health Delivery program at UGHE prepares students to work in health care delivery settings across the globe by emphasizing hands-on and practical field experience and a focus on “systems” rather than symptoms, which drew Emmanuel Okiror to apply, particularly to the Gender, Sexual, and Reproductive Health track. “As a […]
Gloria Rukomeza, UGHE’s Moskovitz scholar, MGHD’21 Alumna works for Partners In Health locally known as Inshuti Mu Buzima in Rwanda. Gloria Rukomeza, UGHE Moskovitz Scholar, Advocates for Equitable Access to Health Care in Underserved Communities
Gloria Rukomeza, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of the Moskovitz scholars who graduated from UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) in 2021. The Moskovitz Scholarship for Women in Global Health Leadership is awarded to incoming MGHD candidates who demonstrate a commitment to equity and a strong desire to […]
Theogene Uwizeyimana, UGHE Research Officer and Global Health Corps Fellow (2021-2022) at UGHE Butaro Campus. GHC Fellow, Theogene Uwizeyimana, on Addressing Health Inequities Through Research
Global Health Corps (GHC) Fellowship Program has developed and trained over 1000 health equity leaders with a mission of mobilizing the health equity movement since its foundation in 2009. Globally, young people have developed an ardent desire for social change, and GHC has been recruiting and nurturing young change-makers aged 30 and under from African […]
Dr. Bashar Abubakar, moderating a townhall engagement meeting on access and delivery of healthcare services in rural communities in Nigeria under the #CommunityHealthWatch project. October 2021 How knowledge Acquired from UGHE Aid Bashar Abubakar in Tackling Health Challenges among Nigerian communities
Experts believe that what a person wants to achieve is easier when s/he puts in the effort and strives to do things that enable them to achieve their goals. Bashar Abubakar, a Nigerian who graduated from the UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) Program is a good example that enlightens the steps one must take to move from one level […]
Hawa Iye Obaje, an alumna from the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Class of 2020. Photo by Aimable Uwimana for UGHE UGHE Alumna Hawa Iye Obaje, on Managing Research and Impact Evaluation to Promote Global Health Equity and Social Justice in Liberia
From its first cohort to the following cohorts that graduates from its Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD), UGHE’s Alumni are global health leaders and changemakers, equipped with the skills to investigate complex problems through a new lens that is multidisciplinary, open-minded, and empathetic yet critical, as well as hands-on and practical field […]
Meet the Winners of the Hamwe Festival 2021 Short Story Contest
Hamwe Festival utilises the power of storytelling to help people understand the impact of global health issues. For its third edition, UGHE’s Hamwe Festival organized a short story contest in collaboration with Kigali Public Library (KPL), seeking short stories written in English or in French, about life in the era of COVID-19. The contest received […]
Pictured in April 2021, UGHE’s One Health Students on the field, assessing the interconnectedness and interdependence between human, animal, and environmental health UGHE One Health Students Recommend Collaboration to Solve Global Health Challenges
Class of 2021 Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) students in the One Health option have underscored that institutions need to harmonize and strengthen collaboration in the application of the One Health approach as a remedy to health challenges that are threatening society. The students made various recommendations after a six-day One Health […]
