News and Stories
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Working in Global Health: Gabriela Sarriera on Grassroots Activism
Gabriela Sarriera, interim manager of grassroots strategy at Partner In Health, discusses how she came to work in global health, her path within PIH, and her plans for the future.
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PIH Staff Safe, Facilities Open But Struggling During Unrest in Haiti
PIH staff and patients remain safe and health facilities open, although in need of food, clean water, and fuel following eight consecutive days of strikes and civil unrest in Haiti.
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UGHE Alumni Spotlight: Benjamin Ndayambaje
Benjamin Ndayambaje is a Rwandan who grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda. A trained veterinarian and former veterinary surgeon, he graduated in UGHE’s inaugural Class of 2017.
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UGHE Alumni Spotlight: Titus K. Koikoi
Titus K. Koikoi is a program director for global health nonprofit Population Services International in Liberia. He completed UGHE's inaugural Executive Education course in 2016-17, and said the university is starting "a movement" to rethink how global health care is delivered.
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UGHE Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Grace Dugan
2018 graduate Dr. Grace Dugan describes her time at UGHE, treating children with leukemia at the nearby hospital, and why working in global health is "an expression of solidarity with some of the world’s most vulnerable people."
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Surgery, New Home Empower Young Mother in Malawi
A joyous home-handover ceremony for Rose Kapeni and her three children in Neno District, Malawi, showed how community-based care can provide healing that is far more than physical.
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Eliminating TB, One Van at a Time
With the launch of the TB Móvil program, staff will drive two vans outfitted with tuberculosis testing and diagnosis equipment and offer 100,000 people a free, fast way to know their status and access care in Lima, Peru.
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'It Felt Like the End of the Road': Bizinde Elyse Reflects on Beating Cancer in Rural Rwanda
Bizinde Elyse remembers feeling shell-shocked when he was diagnosed in 2014 with a highly malignant form of muscle cancer.
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Op-ed Urges New Focus on ‘Crushing Burden’ for Poorest Billion
NCDs such as cancer and heart disease have flown under global health's radar for far too long, particularly for the world's poorest children and young adults, Dr. Gene Bukhman of NCD Synergies and Dr. Gina Agiostratidou of the Helmsley Charitable Trust write.
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Dr. Binagwaho to POLITICO: UGHE Aims to “Radically Change Education”
Vice Chancellor Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and other UGHE leaders talked with POLITICO about the university's role in global health education.