Apr 30, 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for about 25 percent of all disease in the world, yet it has just three percent of the healthcare workforce. There are not enough medical and nursing schools and many of the continent’s graduates are recruited to wealthier countries. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one effort to educate African providers who will stay and serve. It's part of his series, Agents for Change....
The students will spend a lot of time in village settings. Back on campus, they spend their first six months in non-medical coursework, like anthropology and history, before beginning six intense years that lead to degrees in medicine and global health delivery.
The University of Global Health Equity was inaugurated in 2019, brainchild of the late Harvard anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer. He co-founded the group Partners In Health, which has brought world-class care to some of the world's remotest places. That same philosophy brought this medical school to Butaro in Northern Rwanda.
Dr. Abebe Bekele, Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Global Health Equity: All over the world, medical schools are set up in capital cities....
UGHE is a complete opposite to that. It's closer to the community, to the vulnerable, to the poor.
0 notes
Do you have more Taro x Budo hcs?
Taro has the brain cells of the relationship and budo has a competency kink
He gets budo out of trouble at school when he does dumb shit and drags taro into it
Shitty movie dates
Like: picking out really bad comedies and yelling at the screen together
Also going to school sports games and budo explaining all the rules to taro
Budo often falls asleep with his head in taros lap while taro is reading
Putting each other to bed when one stays up too late practicing or reading (yeet)
Budo ditched the club leader meeting for dates and kuroko gets pissed at them both
Budo once spoilt a book ending on accident and taro nearly killed him for it
91 notes
·
View notes
Since MASS Design's first healthcare project in 2011, in Butaro, Rwanda, Michael Murphy has been "consumed with how hospitals offer us so many lessons on how fundamental architecture is to our ability to live healthy lives." Read an enlightening interview with @michaelpmurphyjr — founder of @massdesigngroup & author of 'The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity' (published to accompany 'Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics' @cooperhewitt ) @hcdmagazine via linkinbio! "I’ve looked at historical eras and how different architects have solved these questions and wanted to compile this into an abbreviated history," Murphy says. "The pandemic has only expedited the need for such a survey, one that asks how architecture can more broadly allow us to breathe better and remain healthy. Hospitals are a window into how to answer that question because they are constantly thinking about the quality of indoor air environments and infectiousness." Later, Anne DiNardo asks: "The book title introduces the idea of the relationship between the built environment and dignity. Why is that connection important?" Murphy responds: "We argue in the book that hospitals are always attempting to mitigate the space between treating the individual and recognizing their dignity and managing massive population health issues, like outbreak and complicated medical procedures. Often between the two extremes is where design emerges to navigate the differences between an institution and feeling institutionalized. That feeling of hospitality is where dignity emerges—and is absent from so many medical spaces." Read more via linkinbio #architectureofhealth #massdesign #michaelmurphy #designandhealing https://www.instagram.com/p/CZNKOL2pknp/?utm_medium=tumblr
0 notes
A decade of building growth in Rwanda, East Africa
A decade of building growth in Rwanda, East Africa Business Investment, Urbanisation, Architect
A decade of building growth in Rwanda
23 September 2021
A decade of building growth in Rwanda, Africa
Leading East African planning, design, architecture and engineering practice FBW Group is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Rwanda as it looks to further build its presence in the country.
And as it marks the milestone the business is committed to continuing to play its part in the nation’s development, nurturing Rwandan talent and having a key role in sustainable projects across a wide range of sectors.
FBW is also heavily involved in the development of a circular economy in Rwanda and it is at the forefront of work to recycle more resources and the use of natural local materials in building projects to achieve that aim.
Rwanda cricket ground:
FBW’s business ethos is closely aligned with Rwanda’s Vision 2050 economic strategy. Paul Semanda, FBW Group’s Rwanda country director, said: “Over the past decade we have worked hard to establish ourselves as a major multi-disciplinary practice, making a positive contribution to Rwanda’s development through a range of projects.
“We are committed to supporting the aims of Vision 2050, and that includes developing local talent, as well as working on developments to improve healthcare, education and infrastructure.
“As we move forward the importance of a circular economy will continue to grow as Rwanda, like other countries in Africa, works to meet the challenges of fast-growing urban centres and populations with a need for self-expression and global participation.”
Since the opening of its office in Kigali a decade ago, the FBW team has worked to help deliver several high-profile projects in Rwanda – with more in the pipeline.
FBW has recently completed a masterplan and extension for a medical university in Butaro and luxury hospitality lodges in Musanze, northern Rwanda, committed to environmental, sustainable conservation and local community engagement.
The group has also delivered several mixed-use city developments, including a retail, commercial and transport hub in Kigali and a signature library building for the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology.
Paul Semanda, FBW Group Rwanda country director:
It has also been involved in the creation of special ‘trade and logistics clusters’ near borders and points of entry with regional countries, with advanced ‘plug-in’ industrial units in the special economic zones.
And FBW engineers played a major role in the creation of ‘the Lord’s of East Africa’ – Rwanda’s internationally acclaimed national cricket stadium.
Other notable FBW Rwandan projects include designs for new affordable housing estates, creating living spaces with more than 3,000 homes.
FBW looks to incorporate the Rwandan identity and unique culture into its design work, along with delivering sustainable, green developments.
The group’s 10th anniversary in Rwanda comes amid growing European Union interest in the country and increasing investment support for green sustainable projects, an area the practice remains at the forefront of.
Paul Semanda said: “The EU’s increased interest in Rwanda, including its focus on inclusive development, is set to deliver multiple benefits as the country looks to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.”
FBW is a major player in East Africa’s construction and development sector. With offices in Uganda and Kenya as well as Rwanda, the multi-disciplinary planning, design, architecture and engineering group currently has a workforce of more than 30 professionals delivering high value construction and development projects across the region.
Comments for this A decade of building growth in Rwanda, East Africa: FBW Group News page are welcome
Previously on e-architect:
Building Green Cities across Africa
image courtesy of architects
Building Green Cities across Africa
£9.5m medical training centre plan is a game-changer in Malawi’s medical future
Design: Cassidy + Ashton with structural engineering specialist TRP Consulting
image courtesy of architects
USA Africa Investment Advisor Programme
Location: across Africa, including Malawi
African Buildings
Africa Architectural Projects
African Architecture Designs – chronological list
The Legson Kayira Community Center & Primary School Malawi
Design: Architecture for a change
image courtesy of architects
The Legson Kayira Community Center & Primary School Malawi
African Architecture News
African Buildings
New African Building Designs
Butaro Hospital, Burera District, Rwanda
MASS Design Group, USA
image courtesy of architects
African Hospital Building
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
Design: Snohetta Architecture
Alexandria Library Egypt
British High Commission Kampala, Uganda
Design: Kilburn Nightingale Architects
British High Commission Kampala
Comments / photos for the A decade of building growth in Rwanda, East Africa: FBW Group News page welcome
The post A decade of building growth in Rwanda, East Africa appeared first on e-architect.
0 notes
Okay, everyone’s recovered from being put through the emotional wringer during the last episode? Good, because we’re back to comfy business as usual this week, with Maruko looking for a better alternative when she gets tired of sharing a room with her sister.
Butaro’s been introduced before, in the swimming pool episode, but I think this is the first time he’s done his trademark ‘buu’ from which his name is derived. He doesn’t start off so bad, but soon enough both him and his family are going to be adding ‘buu’ to the end of every damn sentence. ‘Buu’ is Japanese onomatopoeia for a pig’s oink, so this kid is literally oinking after he says anything. So if you’re wondering why his nose looks like a pig’s, there ya go.
13 notes
·
View notes