UGHE to Host Inaugural Hamwe Festival to Celebrate Creative Industries in Global Health
From November 8th to the 13th, the University of Global Health Equity will host the inaugural edition of Hamwe Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. The annual event will celebrate and encourage […]
Prof. Abebe Bekele: Social Justice Must Be the Foundation of Medical Education
Recently, Stanley Goldfarb from the University of Pennsylvania penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled, “Take Two Aspirins and Call Me By My Pronouns.” In this article, the […]
Christelle will experience UGHE’s beautiful campus in Butaro, Burera District when schools reopen, here pictured from the sky. Photo by CHARIS Rwanda for UGHE. Vice Chancellor Agnes Binagwaho to Devex: UGHE is a “Medical School for the Future that Africa Needs”
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor of UGHE, and research associate Miriam Frisch recently published an op-ed in Devex discussing UGHE’s innovative philosophy of education and its potential to serve as […]
UGHE’s inaugural class of medical students on their first visit to campus. Photo by Danny Kamanzi for UGHE. UGHE’s Inaugural Class of Medical Students Pledges Commitment to Health Equity
On July 10th, 2019, a new era of global health education began in Butaro, Rwanda. The University of Global Health Equity matriculated its inaugural class of medical students, who will […]
UGHE Chancellor Dr. Paul Farmer Awarded Rwanda’s Highest Honor
On Saturday, September 1st, 2019, the Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Dr. Paul Farmer, was awarded Rwanda’s highest honor, the National Order of Outstanding Friendship (Igihango), […]
UGHE Celebrates MGHD Class of 2019 Graduates
On August 11, 2019, UGHE graduated 46 students from the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Class of 2019 at its campus in Butaro, Rwanda. The commencement ceremony was […]
UGHE’s Inaugural Class of MBBS/MGHD students is comprised of 20 women and 10 men. UGHE Receives Inaugural Class of Medical Students
On July 7, 2019, UGHE welcomed the inaugural class of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery/Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MBBS/MGHD) students to the new campus in the […]
Leah Blezard MGHD ’19 at UGHE’s One Health Symposium. Photo by Illume Creative Studios for UGHE. Student Profile: Leah Blezard MGHD ’19
Canadian student, Leah Blezard MGHD ‘19 first heard about UGHE through social media. Initially drawn to Partners In Health’s mission to help build equitable health systems, Leah took a chance […]
Left to right, UGHE graduate students Arlene Nishimwe, Egide Abahuje, Ursin Bayisenge, and Theodomir Sebazungu discuss coursework at the University in January 2018. Photo by Danny Kamanzi for UGHE. UGHE Student Studies Soil-Related Disease Afflicting Farmers
Home to five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, the northern Rwanda district of Musanze hosts thousands of tourists each year. Musanze’s location in the foothills of Volcanoes National Park is […]
Dr. Arsène Hobabagabo, MGHD ‘18, poses for a photo prior to his Commencement ceremony in June 2018. Photo by Jean Christophe Kitoko for UGHE. The MGHD Practicum: Real-World Problems, Strategic Solutions
On March 2, 2019, the papers of eight of UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) graduates were published in the Journal of Management and Strategy. The publication […]
