UGHE stands as one of Rwanda's premier institutions. Founded in 2015 with the support of Partners in Health (PIH), UGHE has grown into a beacon of global health education in Rwanda. PIH, established by the late Dr. Paul Farmer in 2022, was bolstered by contributions from the Cummings Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Government of Rwanda.
UGHE operates two campuses: one in Kigali, focusing on postgraduate programs in Global Health Delivery, and another in Butaro, closely integrated with the Butaro Hospital, a cancer treatment center inaugurated by President Kagame in January 2019. Recently, Times Higher Education ranked UGHE as the eighth top university in Sub-Saharan Africa.
On the same day, President Kagame also met with Lt. Gen. Huang Xucong, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Central Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who was on a four-day official visit to Rwanda. Their discussions focused on strengthening the existing cooperation between the Rwanda Defence Force and the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
This meeting followed earlier engagements where Rwanda's Minister of Defence, Juvenal Marizamunda, and Chief of Defence Staff of the RDF, Gen MK Mubarakh, hosted Lt. Gen. Huang Xucong and his delegation on Thursday. Their talks also centered on enhancing military cooperation.
During their visit, the Chinese delegation paid their respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. They also toured the Campaign Against Genocide Museum and the Combat Training Centre in Gabiro, Eastern Province among others.
Théophile Niyitegeka
