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Author: Willy Ingabire

Willy was born in Rusizi, Rwanda. He studied clinical psychology at the National University of Rwanda as an undergraduate, where he was specifically interested in the mental illnesses that resulted from the 1994 genocide. Upon graduation, Willy co-founded the Health Promotion Unit (HPU) with fellow classmates. HPU focuses on health promotion and research design activities for various communities. Willy also founded the Excellence Consulting Group before going on to work as a research assistant for different government and nonprofit organizations, including the Ministry of Health, Health Development Initiative, and Health Partners, among others.

Research in Global Health

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” Said Dr. Paul Farmer, the co-founder of a Boston based Partners In Health (PIH). Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), Rwandan sister organization to PIH, operates in three rural districts (Burera, Kirehe and Kayonza) that previously had some of the […]

Wonderful Moments: Christmas Holidays and the Mid-Year Retreat

Christmas party Before Christmas, Partners In Health (PIH)/Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB) organized a Christmas party for their staff. We gathered together at Lemigo, a 4 star Hotel in Kimihurura in Kigali, to reflect on and celebrate our work-related achievements for the year, in addition to enjoying each other’s company. The party’s dress code was black, […]

From working in the field to becoming a GHC fellow

I joined Partners in Health’s (PIH) Rwandan sister organization, Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), in September 2013. My short term contract was for 9 months working in the field as a Research Interviewer. I was working on the Verbal and Social Autopsy (VSA) project where the objective was to find out the probable causes of mortality […]

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