Innovation: Contraception Program Empowers Women in Haiti

Posted on Mar 19, 2019

A recent study found that the percentage of women who chose long-lasting contraception sharply increased at University Hospital in Haiti following staff trainings and offering new mothers options like implants before they returned home.

Floods Kill Dozens, Leave Thousands Homeless in Malawi

Posted on Mar 12, 2019

Heavy rains and flooding have taken the lives of 30 people and damaged the homes and property of 487,000 residents across southern Malawi, where PIH has supported facilities in Neno District since 2007.

Blessings Henry, Neno's Feminist Future Doctor

Posted on Mar 4, 2019

With support from PIH and a community of remarkable women, 17-year-old Blessings Henry is eyeing medical school as she finishes the last year of her secondary education in Neno, Malawi.

UGHE Alumni Spotlight: Benjamin Ndayambaje

Posted on Feb 13, 2019

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.

UGHE Alumni Spotlight: Titus K. Koikoi

Posted on Feb 13, 2019

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.

Surgery, New Home Empower Young Mother in Malawi

Posted on Feb 12, 2019

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.