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Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Research Day 2026 is around the corner.
Join students, faculty, staff, alumni, policymakers and research partners on 20 November 2026 at the Butaro Campus for a day of scientific presentations, poster sessions, networking and knowledge exchange.
Submit your abstract: go.ughe.org/RD-2026
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
When Partnership Meets Reality: From Friction to Impact 🌍
⁉️How can collaboration setbacks improve the way partnerships are built and sustained?
Our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Christian Ntizimira (@ntizimira ), will speak at #MakingMoreHealthTogether in #Ingelheim, #Germany, exploring how friction, setbacks, and lessons from collaboration can inform more effective partnerships.
Alongside Andrea Coleman, Dr. Josep Vergés Milano, and Arnaud Mourot, the discussion will draw on experiences across health, social innovation, and systems change, with a focus on trust, shared accountability, and local context.
📍 Ingelheim, Germany
🗓️ 28 September 2026 | 15:15–16:15 CEST
#MakingMoreHealth #GlobalHealth #Partnerships #HealthEquity #ACREOLGlobal #Germany
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Applications are now open for the UGHE General Surgery Residency Program (MMed/FCS-ECSA).
The programme is open to eligible medical graduates from Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi and Sierra Leone, as well as people with refugee status in Rwanda, who meet the required licensing criteria and can commit to full-time surgical training. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
📅 Application deadline: 11 October 2026
🔗 Apply: go.ughe.org/GeneralSurg-27
Take the next step in your surgical training and help strengthen access to high-quality surgical care across Africa.
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Welcoming APCA as an ACP-i 2027 Conference Partner 🌍
We are pleased to welcome the African Palliative Care Association (@APCAssociation) as a Conference Partner for the 10th Advance Care Planning International (#ACPi2027) Conference in Kigali-Rwanda.
#APCA brings an important #African voice to global conversations on dignity, culture, family, and person-centred care. Our appreciation to Dr. Eve Namisango (@EveNamisango), Executive Director of APCA, for her leadership and commitment to this partnership.
📍 Kigali, Rwanda | 🗓️ 22–24 September 2027
Stay tuned for more updates.
#ACREOLGlobal #PalliativeCare #Dignity #Africa #Diversity
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Yesterday, the MM27 Organizing Committee met with @RindaUbuzima to share more about the upcoming IFMSA General Assembly and explore opportunities for collaboration.
We appreciate their warm reception and look forward to working together toward a successful #MM27! 🇷🇼🤝
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
"Marriage is ministry. Your home is an altar. Every conversation is either building that altar or tearing it down."
First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame at the Young Leaders Prayer Breakfast.#RBANews #PrayerBreakfast #YoungLeadersPray
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
"Be silent when your heart is on fire. When you want to win more than you want to heal. Speak when you're calm enough to be kind."
First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame at the Young Leaders Prayer Breakfast.#RBANews #PrayerBreakfast #YoungLeadersPray
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Adopt vs. Adapt: Rethinking Palliative Care in Africa 🌍
Across #Africa, #Culture, #Spirituality, #Family, and #Community influence how serious illness, suffering, and care are understood. This raises an important question: do we adopt existing #PalliativeCare models, or adapt them to the realities of the people we serve?
Our newly #PublishedPaper, “Sociocultural Perspectives on Palliative Care Across East African Community Countries: A Narrative Review with Thematic Synthesis,” explores these realities across the region.
Featured in the Rwanda Public Health Bulletin (#RPHB), Volume 7, Issue 2 (June 2026) by @RBCRwanda, the review brings four dimensions into focus:
🌍 #Culture and community in shaping experiences of serious illness.
🙏 #Spirituality and belief systems in care.
💬 #Communication around illness, prognosis, and end of life.
💊 #Access to pain relief and essential palliative care services.
Palliative care must make both clinical and cultural sense to the people it serves.
📖 Read our paper on pages 32–39: newtimes.co.rw/article/38127…
#PalliativeCare #Research #Africa #EastAfrica #Rwanda #Culture #PeopleCentredCare #GlobalHealth #ACREOLGlobal
@nsanzimanasabin @UwinkindiFranco @ntizimira @JasonBakundukiz @Ashoka @ashokaea @AshokaAfrica @IAHPC @KEHPCA @PCAUganda @AfricaCDC @NewTimesRwanda @rbarwanda
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Join the Team Behind MM27 🇷🇼
Applications are open for the MM27 Extended Organizing Committee & Volunteers.
📅 Deadline: 25 August 2026, 00:00
📲 Apply: forms.gle/PfpnNi2TXmV4iyVv6
or scan the QR code on the poster.
#MM27
At #MedEdAfrica2026, I had the privilege of moderating “From Symptoms to Systems: Teaching #HealthEquity Through #SocialMedicine.” session.
Africa’s health workforce must be prepared for uncertainty without losing its humanity and advancing in technology.
God bless Africa. 🌍
Social medicine is important to medical education.
Why? Because health is shaped by more than symptoms. It is shaped by the systems people live in, the conditions they face, and the barriers that determine who gets care, when, and how.
At #MedEdAfrica2026, the interactive case workshop “From Symptoms to Systems: Teaching Health Equity Through Social Medicine” will explore how African medical schools can prepare future doctors to see the full picture.
To train doctors who can treat, respond, and lead with equity, we must teach them to understand both the patient and the system around the patient.
Follow the session live here: youtube.com/live/DlBetgHmqBE…
#MedicalEducation #HealthEquity #SocialMedicine #HealthWorkforce
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
🔥🔥 #Rwanda will host the "10th International Advance Care Planning Conference" from "22–24 September 2027"!
This will be the first #ACP conference held in #Rwanda, and the first on the #African continent.
We congratulate and thank the Hon. Minister of Health @nsanzimanasabin for his support in making this historic opportunity possible and for advancing "Advance Care Planning in #Rwanda".
Through the conference, we will connect #African and global experiences, promote #dignity in care, research and best practices, honour #cultural perspectives, and advocate for patients and their #families.
📅 22–24 September 2027
📍 Rwanda
Stay tuned for more information!
#ACP2027 #AdvanceCarePlanning #Rwanda #Africa #DignityInCare #HealthEquity #QualityOfLife #PersonCentredCare #VisitRwanda @acreolglobal @ASCO @nataliagandur @SmritiRana0702 @DrZSB @kesleeman @uicc @Ashoka @Changemakers @PCNAust @palliumindia @digitalcareplan @DefeatNCD @cancerstratCA @DanaFarber @crisbergerot @CathyEngMD @GlopesMd @maryam_lustberg @RBCRwanda @RwandaHealth @UnityClubRw @oncodaily @HMChochinov
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
At #ButaroDialogues, Mr. Bill Gates reflected on Rwanda’s remarkable progress in reducing maternal mortality and called for continued collaboration to ensure proven tools and innovations reach every mother, newborn, and community that needs them.
“It is not a mystery what we need to do. We understand the challenge, and we have the tools to act.” Mr. Bill Gates articulates.
He also paid tribute to Paul Farmer’s enduring legacy, describing UGHE as a testament to what Paul believed was possible and noting that it is comforting to see that legacy continue in Butaro. Mr. Gates commended UGHE’s One Health approach to making health more equitable and highlighted COMS-A as an important platform bringing medical schools together to improve outcomes across the continent.
#HealthEquity #MaternalNewbornHealth #HealthInnovation
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
In his remarks, at #ButaroDialogues, Prof. @abebesurg, the #UGHE DVC of Academic and Research Affairs, and @coms_africa Secretary General, reflected on why Butaro is the right place to host a conversation about the future of global health. He reminded participants that Butaro represents the conviction Paul Farmer lived: that education, research, and clinical care should be rooted alongside the communities that need them most.
He emphasized that the challenge before global health is not discovery alone, but translation: moving innovation into implementation, policy, education, research, and routine clinical practice so proven interventions reach every woman and every child, wherever they live.
Prof. Abebe also highlighted the role of the Butaro Dialogues as a convening platform led by UGHE and COMS-A, to identify promising maternal and newborn health innovations, embed them in medical education, and support governments to adopt them at scale.
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
We are honoured to welcome H.E Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda, as the Guest of Honour at the inaugural Paul E. Farmer #ButaroDialogues on Health Equity and Innovation.
Her presence at the Butaro Campus emphasizes Rwanda’s continued commitment to health equity, maternal and newborn health, and the power of innovation to improve lives and reach communities where it matters most.
#ButaroDialogues #HealthEquity #HealthInnovation #MaternalNewbornHealth
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
Join the next COSECSA–UGHE Global Cancer Lecture Series!
Topic: Empyema Thoracis
Speaker: Prof. Abebe Bekele
📅 1 July 2026
🕝 2:30 PM EAT | 1:30 PM CAT
Register now: bit.ly/4sym0Db
#COSECSA #UGHE #ThoracicSurgery #GlobalSurgery #MedicalEducation #Empyema
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
On the sidelines of #SSTrC in Kigali, the #MM27 OC had the pleasure of connecting with @FatmataLSesay, UNDP Rwanda Resident Representative and Interim UN Resident Coordinator.
We shared insights on MM27 as Rwanda prepares to host the global medical student community in 2027.
🙏Grateful to have served on the Board of Judges at the 3rd KFHR–AHSU Annual Research Conference in #Kigali June 12, 2026. In Achieving #Horizon2050, #research should not be viewed solely as an expense, but as an investment and a potential driver of economic growth and equity.
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
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The 3rd Annual Research Conference jointly organized by KFHR & AHSU is currently taking place at M Hotel Kigali under the theme: “The Role of Multidisciplinary Research in Achieving Horizon 2050.”
Bénithe HIMBAZWA retweeted
We are proud to share the MEDSAR Annual Report 25/26 —highlighting a year of impact, growth, and collaboration.
Thank you to all our partners for your continued support.
🔗 Check it at: drive.google.com/file/d/1xEc…
#VIVAMedsar
#MedsarWorks
@Uni_Rwanda @JosephRyarasa
@MethodeYusufu
