News and Stories
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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UGHE Campus Intertwined with Butaro Community
Construction of the UGHE campus has transformed the surrounding community of Butaro over the past two years, in ways large and small.
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Ophelia Dahl on Optimism in Difficult Times, for Boston's NPR Station
Ophelia Dahl, a PIH co-founder and the board chair, writes for WBUR's Cognoscenti on the importance of optimism in working to build a better, more humane world.
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UGHE’s New Campus a Beacon for a Brighter Future
The University of Global Health Equity will be celebrating so much more than a new campus at its landmark Jan. 25 inauguration in northern Rwanda.