TOWARDS A NEW DESTINY

First Lady Jeannette Kagame, on Sunday August 28, graced the ceremony to confer the seventh cohort of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) with a Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD). The ceremony took place at the university’s main campus in Butaro, Burera district, in Northern Province. The institution graduated 44 students coming from 11 countries globally; Burundi, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States and Zambia. Each student specialized in one of the three tracks in the programme; Health Management (HM), One Health (OH) or Gender and Sexual Reproductive Health (GSRH) – a new track that was added to the programme last year. Mrs Kagame who is also the Co-chair of the UGHE Africa Advisory Board, attended the event alongside a number of other dignitaries including Ophelia Dahl, the Board Chair of Partners In Health, Lesley King, UGHE Board Chair, Government officials, representatives from Partners in Health Rwanda

  Anyone who wants to destabilise Rwanda’s neighbours will never be allowed to operate in Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has said. He made the remarks in Rusizi District on August 26 while addressing over 400 opinion leaders from Western Province where he also spoke at length about security issues and development. Security remains our top priority because if there is no security nothing can be done, he said. "The way we want to live in harmony in our country is the same way we want to get along with our neighbours...so that everyone can be safe and able to do what they want to do,” he said. Kagame has since on Thursday been  on a four-day tour  in Western and Southern provinces where he met residents, opinion leaders, and toured different development projects. "I want to add that Rwandans, be it those who live here in Rusizi and all those who live along other border areas; it is important that we find ways to live well with our neighbours. There will not be anyone who wants to