Members of UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Class of 2017 celebrate their graduation on May 27, in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo by Zacharias Abubeker for UGHE. Training the Next Generation of Global Health Leaders in Africa
At this time of year, students around the world are putting on their caps and gowns for graduation ceremonies. Among them are 23 students from Rwanda and one from the U.S. who graduated as the first class of the University of Global Health Equity in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday. “This initiative started a few short years ago, […]
On May 27, 2017, UGHE graduated the first class of Master of Science in Global Health Delivery students, yielding 24 health professionals equipped with the skills and endurance to tackle complex health care delivery challenges. Photo by Zacharias Abubeker for UGHE. UGHE Graduates First Class of Global Health Leaders
Kigali, Rwanda – University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) graduated the first class of Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) students on 27 May 2017, yielding a new generation of health professionals equipped with the skills and endurance to tackle complex health care delivery challenges. “Rwanda’s achievements in population health over the last decade demonstrate that […]
From left to right: Lauriane Nyiraneza, Martin de Tours Nyirumugisha, Marie Chantal Ingabire, Alex Rutikanga, and Marcella Canelo, all students in the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) Class of 2018, participate in an ice breaker activity during their September 2016 MGHD orientation. Photo by Aaron Levenson for UGHE. Student Voices: Marie Chantal Ingabire ‘18
Marie Chantal Ingabire is a student in the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) Class of 2018. As an independent research consultant, Marie Chantal works with NGOs to improve data collection tools and systems for psychosocial research projects. As she prepares to complete her first year in the MGHD program, Marie Chantal describes […]
Titus K. Koikoi, a learner in UGHE’s Global Health Delivery Leadership Program, during a closing ceremony for the University’s first Executive Education course. Photo by Zacharias Abubeker for UGHE. Pioneering UGHE’s Executive Education Program
In November 2016, twenty-five healthcare leaders from five Global Fund implementing partner countries attended the two-week Global Health Delivery Leadership Program (GHDLP) course to develop skills to deliver value-based health programs. Titus K. Koikoi, Program Director for a Global Fund-sponsored project at Population Services International in Liberia (PSI/Liberia), was a member of the inaugural GHDLP […]
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor of UGHE. Former Rwandan Minister of Health to Lead Partners In Health’s Groundbreaking University
Kigali, Rwanda (March 31, 2017)—The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) announces the appointment of Professor Agnes Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped), PhD, former Rwandan Minister of Health and a champion for health equity, as its new Vice Chancellor. “Professor Binagwaho’s visionary leadership has helped to transform Rwanda’s health sector into a model for equity, prioritizing access […]
View from on top of the hill that will be home to UGHE. Photo by Aaron Levenson for UGHE. The Heart of Africa’s New Medical School
Rwanda has achieved some of the most dramatic gains in health and poverty-reduction in the world. This small, landlocked African country (the size of Massachusetts, but with twice the population) has developed a primary health-care system with near-universal access to clinical care and insurance. Rwanda has reduced both economic and health-care inequality, and demonstrates how […]
Dr. Kurt Figueroa (right) and Nurse Sebishyimbo François (left) see patients for their oncology consultations at Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda. Photo by Zacharias Abubeker for UGHE. Student Profiles: Dr. Kurt Figueroa ’18
Dr. Kurt Figueroa is a student in UGHE’s Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) Class of 2018. Unlike most of his peers, Figueroa is not Rwandan. He moved from working at a small Partners In Health clinic in the Sierra Madre mountains of Chiapas, Mexico—his home country—to a similarly remote hospital that PIH supports […]
Caroline Numuhire, a student in the MGHD Class of 2017, works with rural farmers in Rwanda. Photo by Zacharias Abubeker for UGHE. Student Profiles: Caroline Numuhire ’17
“I use my voice to advocate for the needs of others,” says Caroline Numuhire, a member of the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) Class of 2017, proudly describing her commitment as an activist. As she works to amplify the voices of others, she feels empowered to also share her story. Trained as […]
Director of Campus Development, Emmanuel Kamanzi. Photo by Zack DeClerk/ Partners In Health Emmanuel Kamanzi on Working in Global Health
Emmanuel Kamanzi has worked for Partners In Health for almost a decade in many places and roles. He’s spent the last three years in PIH’s Boston office and is now returning home to Rwanda to take on his biggest project yet—overseeing the building and development of the University of Global Health Equity. We asked him […]
From left to right: Executive Director of UGHE Peter Drobac, Deputy Director of Inshuti Mu Buzima Antoinette Habinshuti, Minister of Education Musafiri Papias Malimba, PIH Co-founder Paul Farmer, and Director of Campus Development Emmanuel Kamanzi walk the grounds of the future campus. Photo by Aaron Levenson for UGHE New Global Health University Takes Shape
Last week, Partners In Health Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer addressed an audience at a convention center in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. An architectural rendering projected above him showed the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a collection of flat-roofed stone buildings framed by Rwanda’s mountains. Long glass windows reflected the lush hills surrounding it. While the […]
