PIH-supported university in Rwanda featured in new report Posted on Feb 11, 2022 The United Nations’ education agency has highlighted the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) as a model for equitable global health education in a new report. The university, based in rural Butaro, Rwanda, is described as a Read more…
PIH co-founder reflects on hospital’s past and future as expansion begins Posted on Jan 27, 2022 Dr. Paul Farmer’s return to Partners In Health-supported Butaro District Hospital in December was one full of emotions as he accompanied the inaugural class of medical students from the University of Global Health Equity Read more…
Project will expand hospital to 240 beds, foster learning, innovation Posted on Dec 13, 2021 On December 10, Partners In Health (PIH), the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), and the Rwandan government broke ground on the next phase of growth for PIH-supported Butaro District Hospital. The ambitious, multi-year construction Read more…
The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, will graduate 28 students Sunday from its flagship master’s in science for global health delivery (MGHD) program. This year’s virtual graduation ceremony will award degrees to UGHE’s fifth cohort since the university opened in 2015. Despite Read more…
At the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, the graduating class of master’s students have had a memorable year. Despite a time of global uncertainty, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented new learning opportunities through UGHE’s quality online teaching, offered a new dimension to health curricula, and Read more…
Andre Ndayambaje said the first baby he ever held was his sister’s—in a tragic setting that he will never forget. “It was during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and my sister gave birth in the forest,” Ndayambaje said. “It was raining and cold, and I didn’t Read more…
Balancing full-time academics and raising a family is hard enough. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, student mothers at the University of Global Health Equity, a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, are facing additional pressures and difficult decisions felt by families everywhere: How to continue studies while also supporting children and spouses who live far Read more…
There are nearly 1 million new cancer cases and more than 500,000 cancer-related deaths in Africa per year, and these totals are projected to double by 2040. Training the next generation of health leaders to counter this rise is of critical importance. Increasingly, we see a need for cancer education that explores both the prevention measures and social determinants of Read more…
All over the world, millions of girls are denied basic human rights, such as access to health care and education. Since 2012, October 11 has marked the annual International Day of the Girl, a celebration that advocates for girls’ empowerment and human rights. This year, at Partners In Health, we Read more…
Delphine Mizero doesn’t want to become a doctor because of money, she writes in a booklet introducing the University of Global Health Equity’s inaugural medical class. She wants to become a doctor “because of the incredible work” that saved her life, when she had only just arrived in the world. Read more…