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Claudel Pierre: Innovating Healthcare Infrastructure
Claudel Pierre: Innovating Healthcare Infrastructure
What Claudel Pierre brings to the table is his unique tenacity for problem solving, especially centering cost-effectiveness during…
Jean Christian Ujeneza Singirankabo Strengthens Oxygen Systems with BHI
Jean Christian Ujeneza Singirankabo Strengthens Oxygen Systems with BHI
It was in 2007 in Rwanda, and Jean Christian Ujeneza Singirankabo, known as Christian, had just become a certified electrician. Eager to…
Introducing: Mikel Beaumont
Introducing: Mikel Beaumont
In the world of global health, where challenges are as vast as they are varied, the work of Build Health International (BHI) plays a…
Breaking Barriers: Women Construction Workers Defy Gender Norms in Building a Life-Saving Maternal…
Breaking Barriers: Women Construction Workers Defy Gender Norms in Building a Life-Saving Maternal…
The construction industry, a global powerhouse that employs over 100 million people, remains one of the most male-dominated sectors…
It’s Rainy Season at the Maternal Center of Excellence
It’s Rainy Season at the Maternal Center of Excellence
To overcome environmental conditions during the wettest part of the year, Build Health International’s Sierra Leone team has learned to…
Safe Hospitals, Safe People
Safe Hospitals, Safe People
Following a dangerous explosion at Murunda Hospital in Rwanda, BHI developed a new safety training program to protect hospital technicians…
Smiles on the Horizon in Guinea
Smiles on the Horizon in Guinea
A new dental clinical training center will administer direct services to the public and training to dental students throughout the country…
How WhatsApp Connects Biomedical Communities
How WhatsApp Connects Biomedical Communities
This past month, a technician based in Zambia noticed a filter on their hospital’s oxygen plant had begun leaking oil. The technician, who…
In Hinche, a New Warehouse Changes the Future of Healthcare in Haiti
In Hinche, a New Warehouse Changes the Future of Healthcare in Haiti
In Hinche, Haiti, a wooden perimeter has been carefully marked off around a grassy, vacant lot. Nearby, local construction teams unload…
Beyond Borders: How Mentorship at BHI Transcends Continents
Beyond Borders: How Mentorship at BHI Transcends Continents
This post is one of a short series that highlights several of the people who make up Build Health International’s (BHI) global health…
BHI-Recommended Reads for the New Year
BHI-Recommended Reads for the New Year
Begin 2024 with these BHI-recommended Books
BHI Delivers Medical Oxygen Trainings in Yaoundé, Cameroon
BHI Delivers Medical Oxygen Trainings in Yaoundé, Cameroon
This past June, Build Health International (BHI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and Clinton Health Access Initiative…