Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD

@abebesurg

Dean and DVC @ UGHE, Professor of Surgery, Researcher, Medical Educationist, Global Surgery Advocate.
Opinions and posts are personal unless stated otherwise

Rwanda twitter.com/ughe_org Joined October 2009

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Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD @abebesurg Oct 29

No individual medical school can solve Africa’s health workforce gap alone. In our paper in The Lancet Regional Health, we argue that we need a shift toward an African-owned partnership model that centers shared decision-making, distributed leadership, and locally owned agendas.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050501126001628

Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD @abebesurg Oct 13

@coms_africa

Keith Martin MD @keithmartinmd Oct 13

It as great to hear about the innovative collaborations between medical schools across Africa from Dr. Bekele , Dean of Medicine @ughe_org A wonderful member of @CUGHnews . #WHS2026. Cc @afrehealthorg @DrTedros @WHO @AfricaCDC

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Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD @abebesurg Sep 29

Tuesdays are my operating days, and they keep me grounded. Today was a complicated surgery; I helped one person in a very tangible way. Few things feel as meaningful or gratifying as my family and this. A good reminder of why I do what I do as a surgeon. Very grateful! @ughe_org

Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD @abebesurg Sep 23

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www.linkedin.com Applications are now open for the UGHE General Surgery Residency Program (MMed/FCS-ECSA). The... Applications are now open for the UGHE General Surgery Residency Program (MMed/FCS-ECSA). The programme is open to eligible medical graduates from Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi and Sierra Leone,...

Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD @abebesurg Sep 18

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COSECSA @cosecsa Sep 18

The 2026 COSECSA-CEGS-UGHE Lecture Series has wrapped up: 17 sessions, 1,588 participants, 61 countries. Heartfelt thanks to our presenters and our partners at the Centre for Equity in Global Surgery (CEGS) for a fantastic series! #COSECSA #CEGS #GlobalSurgery #UGHE

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