Prof. Abebe Bekele, UGHE’s Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic & Research Affairs, and Dr. Marcel Durieux, Anesthesiology Professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine, on UGHE’s Butaro Campus in 2019. Both are spearheading the development and running of this innovative partnership program. eGlobal: UGHE Students Virtually Co-Develop Research with US Student Counterparts
International partnership has never been more important. Despite the obvious social, cultural, economic, and geographical variances of countries globally, this year they have all fought a common threat; that of COVID-19. Building bridges between countries and sectors, and fostering interprofessional relationships and collaboration between experts from different cultural contexts is critical to advancing discovery and […]
Rwandan singer/songwriter and instrumentalist Samuel Kamanzi performs at the closing ceremony of Hamwe Festival. UGHE’s 2nd Annual Hamwe Festival Brings Together Global Health Experts and Artists from 20+ Countries to Address Mental Health and Social Justice
The Five Day Online Festival Highlighted The Roles of Art, Culture, and Decolonization in Mental Health KIGALI, RWANDA – The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) successfully concluded their second annual Hamwe Festival online with their closing ceremony on Sunday, November 15th. The five day virtual festival, which took place from Nov. 11 to […]
Participants from the Republic of Congo country group on UGHE’s Butaro Campus in February this year, before COVID-19 restrictions were imposed in the country. As UGHE’s 2020 GHDLP Program Comes to a Close; Meet the First-Ever Francophone Cohort Ahead of Their Reconvening
The breadth and success of UGHE’s first-Francophone GHDLP program can be summarized neatly into numbers. In February this year, UGHE welcomed seven country groups from Francophone African countries to Rwanda for a fourteen day intensive residency to kick-start the program. Participants learned from the expertise of six world-class faculty and, over the course of eight […]
Denise Wanyana, MGHD’20 Graduate, appointed as Advisor to the Honorable Minister of State in Rwanda’s Ministry of Health. UGHE MGHD ‘20 Graduate Appointed Advisor to Rwanda’s Honorable Minister of State
UGHE’s students and alumni are a beacon of hope for the future. In a world ravaged by one of the greatest health threats we have faced in history, these current and future health leaders hold the key to driving large-scale change, supporting national efforts to strengthen health sectors now, and from the inevitable health threats to […]
Bernard Zikora, Groupe Scolaire Rubana Headmaster (left) and Dr. Zahirah McNatt Godley-St. Goar Chair of the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine Burera Secondary School Headmaster on Inspiring the Future’s Doctors, Nurses & Midwives
Nestled in the foothills of UGHE’s neighboring District, Burera, lies a secondary school – Groupe Scolaire Runaba – home to more than two thousand local students and office to Bernard Zikora, the school’s long-standing Headmaster. On meeting him, he immediately strikes you as a social, hardworking, responsible and collaborative person, who, through his 11-year tenure […]
Anatole Manzi, GHDLP Faculty and PIH Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Quality and Health Systems Strengthening, gives a course to GHDLP participants on the UGHE Butaro campus during the two-week intensive launch in February of this year. Faculty Perspective: A ’Listener, Catalyzer and Helper’ to UGHE’s GHDLP Participants
Over the last eight months, whilst the world has been tackling the emerging threat of COVID-19, thirty participants in UGHE’s Executive Education Global Health Delivery Leadership Program (GHDLP) have been busy implementing their Breakthrough Projects; projects designed to address a variety of health systems challenges and in doing so, improve the health and wellbeing within […]
Meet the UGHE Summer Bootcamp Lions: Ornella Ingabire and Hamaiyal Sana Discuss Research on Sexual and Reproductive (SRH) Services
The Office of the Vice Chancellor at UGHE hosts a cohort of summer interns every year with the goal to develop young global health leaders’ understanding of equity in health systems building and health care delivery. In the past, this internship program has convened these students in Rwanda to learn from the actual situation on […]
Prof. Tim Carey, Director of the Institute of Global Health Equity, stands on the balcony of UGHE’s Kigali Office in his first few weeks of arrival into Rwanda. Prof. Tim Carey Reflects on his First Six Months in Rwanda – The Land of a Thousand Hills
— As originally published on the website of the Consulate General of the Republic of Rwanda in Australia. Kindly find the full article here. — –Words by Prof. Timothy Carey, Director of the Institute of Global Health Equity Research, UGHE — * If someone had suggested to me 12 months ago that I would be […]
Carolyn Aling’ will join this year’s MGHD ’21 cohort at UGHE to receive a one-of-a-kind year of problem-based and experiential learning. Incoming UGHE Student Aling’ Hopes to Use her MGHD to Develop Equitable Interventions
Carolyn Aling’ is one of 25 students, selected from an applicant pool of 435, set to start UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Program (MGHD) this October. A Kenyan national, she looks forward to both the start of a new, and notably unique educational journey at UGHE, as well as exploration of a […]
Annie Christelle Ihoza, an incoming Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS/MGHD) student will start UGHE virtually in October this year. The Future is Bright: Incoming MBBS Student on Starting her UGHE Chapter
It has been a challenging year for education, as schools and universities globally have modified their teaching to align with pandemic prevention measures, or else paused this vital learning entirely. But for some, it has also been a time of innovation. Through the commitment and dedication of leadership, staff, faculty and campus workers, UGHE’s quality […]
