Ella Mucye Uwimfura

Pharmacist

[Plan International Rwanda @PlanRwanda]

Being part of the @PlanGlobal Young Influencer (GYI) group has been a truly impactful journey for @IzereMucunguzi.

Today, we spoke with her about her two-year advocacy journey (2024–2026) and what it has meant for young people, particularly girls.

🔗 ➡️ https://t.co/2H9PolWxNH

[RPSA/AEPHAR @RPSARwanda]

We are ready to welcome the future of pharmacy in Africa, hosting @ipsfafps2026, a continental platform for innovation and collaboration. The journey is now in motion!

@WHORwanda @RBCRwanda @Uni_Rwanda @MastercardFdn @vennue360 @AU_AMA_ @IVIHeadquarters @EacRceVihscm

#AfPS2026

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🎉Celebrating #LaborDay, the #ACREOL Way🔥

On Labor Day, our team stepped away from the usual office rhythm for a refreshing outing at Kigali Universe, sharing games, laughter, and time together beyond work.

🎳From arcade fun and friendly bowling match, to the simple conversations along the way, the day gave us space to reconnect and appreciate the #TeamWork that carries our commitment to palliative care every day.

⁉️Because teamwork is a building block for human-centered care.

#ACREOLGlobal #KigaliUniverse #LaborDay2026

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

Happy Birthday, Dr. Christian Ntizimira🎉

🥳Today we celebrate a leader whose work continues to shape palliative care with dignity, humanity, and purpose.

#HappyBirthday to our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. @ntizimira . Thank you for the vision and commitment you bring to ACREOL Global, and to the many lives touched through your work.

Wishing you joy and a fulfilling year ahead.🥳

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

#PalliativeCare Research from Rwanda to the Global Stage🌍

We are proud to celebrate our Executive Director, Dr. Christian Ntizimira (@ntizimira ), whose Harvard Medical School MMSc-GHD thesis research has been published.

The paper, “Kusa Ikivi”: Death as an Accomplishment and End-of-Life Experience of Cancer Patients in Rwanda, brings forward African perspectives on dignity, culture, and end-of-life care, contributing to global conversations on palliative care.

We are grateful to see this work recognized and shared by Harvard Medical School Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery and OncoDaily, reflecting the importance of research rooted in lived experience, culture, and compassionate care.

🥳Congratulations to Dr. Christian and all co-authors Prof. Deo Mbonyinkebe, Dr. Mary Dunne and Dr. Eric Krakauer (thesis director), on this important milestone.

Read more on Christian's post: https://t.co/2AXAJklGhj

#ACREOLGlobal #PalliativeCare #EndOfLifeCare #Rwanda #GlobalHealth #CancerCare #UbuntuInAction

[Christian Ntizimira @ntizimira]

Coming to #EAPC2026 in Prague without your copy of The Safari Concept? Relax — I’ve got you.

Join me on Thursday, 14 May 2026, 12:30–13:30, at the @WisepressBooks stand for a signed copies session.

Copies in #English and #Spanish will be available on site, but only a limited number, so let’s not rely on luck.

Also, if you want to chat about The Safari Concept experiences in your setting, find me.😁

#Prague, we have a date.

@KStajduhar @StChrisHospice @hopital_necker @DiahMartina2 @KidneyCancer @drmegandoherty @FLinyekula @LeFigaro_Sante @FondationPFP @johnahartford @manzi_anatole @PIH @PIH_Rwanda @GlopesMd @hospiceukPA @TimRebbeck @hospiceukPA @JeanCallanan @PCNAust @iapcsecretary @Pall_Care_Aus @EuropeanCancer @asso_SFAP @Ashoka @uicc @YsabellaVan @RedPalAndalucia @AAsocupac @paliativos @sacpaandalucia @nataliagandur @GlopesMd @GursharanKSingh

[Christian Ntizimira @ntizimira]

🏆The 2026 @legacybookaward has recognized The #Safari Concept: An #African Framework for End of Life Care by @ntizimira as a Winner in #Health: #Death & #Dying.

Published by Batinya Publishing, LLC, the book highlights the importance of #African perspectives, #dignity, and #compassion in end-of-life care and #palliativecare.

#TheSafariConcept #AmericanLegacyBookAwards #PalliativeCare #EndOfLifeCare

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

#Kwibuka32

ACREOL Global yifatanyije n’ Abanyarwanda n’isi yose kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.

“Twibuke, twiyubaka”

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🥳Double the Joy, Double the Magic🔥

No better way to step into a new month than with a double celebration! 🎉

#HappyBirthday to our amazing colleagues; Raissa Mucyo Stella, Research Assistant and Ella Mucye Uwimfura, Public Relations Officer!

Your dedication, energy, and positive vibes make every day at ACREOL Global brighter.

Two birthdays. One team. Endless impact.

Cheers to a new year of purpose, growth, and beautiful moments ahead!

#ACREOLGlobal

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🏥Health System Administration & Palliative Care: Where Structure Meets Care💖

In Ruli District Hospital (@HospitalRuli ), the involvement of #administration is creating the conditions for care to be delivered more consistently.

With #leadership engaged, palliative care is finding its place within the daily flow of the health system, not as an added task, but as part of how care is organized and sustained.

In practice, this is shown through:
✨Clearer coordination of care across departments.
✨Support for teams to align with patient and family needs.
✨Palliative care included in routine planning and service delivery.
✨ Continuum of care that does not stop at one provider.

⁉️How is leadership in your setting helping move care from intention to practice? Join the conversation below👇🏾

#ACREOLGlobal

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

Multidisciplinary Team & Palliative Care: Caring for the Whole Person💖

A #holistic approach to care takes a team. At @GatondeHospital, palliative care is being shaped through a multidisciplinary approach, where diverse professionals come together to care for patients and their families.

Here, care is understood across:
✨#Physical needs: managing pain and symptoms

✨#Emotional and #psychological needs: responding to distress and fear

✨#Social and #cultural realities: recognizing family roles and context

✨#Spiritual needs: acknowledging beliefs and dignity

When these dimensions come together, care becomes complete. This is how multidisciplinary teams help bring holistic palliative care that values the lived experience of patients and families.

#ACREOLGlobal #MDT #Gatonde

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🔔When palliative care moves beyond the training room, care becomes part of everyday practice.💖

In Nemba District Hospital (@HospitalNemba ), peer-to-peer learning is opening space for healthcare professionals to look more closely at care, not only for patients, but for the families who walk with them.

Conversations are becoming more specific:
✨How to #listen beyond patients’ physical pain
✨How to #support families during difficult decisions
✨How to #work as a team
✨How to #stay present, even when there is no cure

This is where change begins: not in protocols alone, but in conversations between peers. A quiet shift; but one that reaches every patient, every family, and every bedside.

#ACREOLGlobal #PeerToPeer

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

✨Beyond Medicine: The Unseen Dimensions of Care💖

The unseen is often where care begins.

At the ACREOL Global office, we had the privilege of welcoming Georges Camara (CEO, @LoungeBirdie ) and Dr. Amy Camara (Therapeutic Doctor, Alma wellness ) for a profound exchange on expanding the boundaries of care.

Together, we explored how #PalliativeCare can go beyond the clinical to embrace:
✨Spirituality, therapeutic energy, and holistic approaches to care.

✨Practices such as acupressure, hypnotherapy, energy alignment, and conscious listening.

✨The importance of restoring balance, calming the mind, and reconnecting with oneself.

These perspectives remind us that care is not only about treating illness, but about honoring #Humanity, nurturing #Comfort, #Dignity, and emotional well-being, especially in life’s most vulnerable moments.

Thank you, Georges Camara and Dr. Amy Camara, for illuminating these unseen yet essential dimensions of care.
👉🏾Because palliative care is not only what is seen, it is also what is deeply felt.

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✨ Au-delà de la médecine : Les dimensions invisibles du soin et de l’humanité💖

L’invisible est souvent là où commence le soin.

Au bureau d’ACREOL Global, nous avons eu le privilège d’accueillir Georges Camara (PDG, Birdie Lounge) et Dr Amy Camara (Médecin thérapeute, Alma Wellness) pour un échange enrichissant sur l’élargissement des approches de soins.

Ensemble, nous avons exploré comment les soins palliatifs peuvent aller au-delà du clinique pour intégrer :
✨La spiritualité, l’énergie thérapeutique et des approches holistiques du soin.

✨Des pratiques telles que l’acupression, l’hypnothérapie, l’alignement énergétique et l’écoute consciente.

✨L’importance de restaurer l’équilibre, d’apaiser l’esprit et de se reconnecter à soi-même.

Ces perspectives nous rappellent que le soin ne consiste pas seulement à traiter la maladie, mais aussi à honorer l’humanité, cultiver le #confort, la #dignité et le bien-être #émotionnel, surtout dans les moments les plus vulnérables de la vie.

Merci à Georges Camara et Dr Amy Camara pour avoir mis en lumière ces dimensions invisibles mais essentielles du soin.

👉🏾 Parce que les soins palliatifs ne sont pas seulement ce qui se voit, mais aussi ce qui se ressent profondément.

#ACREOLGlobal

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🇷🇼 Kigali, on se retrouve très bientôt à l’Institut français du Rwanda !
Une réflexion africaine sur le soin de fin de vie, la dignité et l’accompagnement.

📅 26 mars | 15h00 – 17h30 (CAT)
📖 Livre déjà en main ? Je vous le signe
📚 Pas encore ? Venez découvrir

🎥 Regardez l’interview complète ici : https://t.co/MNBjCpiN9S

🇷🇼 Kigali, we are meeting very soon at the French Institute of Rwanda!
An African reflection on end-of-life care, dignity, and compassion.

📅 March 26th | 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM (CAT)
📖 Already have the book? I’ll sign it
📚 Not yet? Come discover

🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/MNBjCpiN9S

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

From Fulbright at Harvard to Community Impact 🇷🇼🌍

⁉️What does #Freedom really mean?
At the @USAmbRwanda's #Freedom250 Alumni Symposium, our Executive Director, Dr. Christian Ntizimira, a @FulbrightPrgrm alumnus and @Harvard graduate, delivered a #Keynote that reframed freedom not as an idea, but as a responsibility.

From his Fulbright journey to advancing #PalliativeCare across Africa, he reminded us: global learning must always return home, to serve communities, strengthen health systems, and protect dignity.

Freedom is the ability to care, and to build systems where compassion isn’t optional.

“Exchange programs are not travel opportunities, they are responsibility multipliers”…. He concluded the keynote speech.

🥳Congratulations to all the outstanding alumni recognized for driving transformative change.

Thank you, U.S. Embassy Kigali, for convening leaders committed to innovation, impact, and service.

#ACREOLGlobal #InnovatingTogether #USAinRwanda #USA #Kigali #Harvard #Fulbright

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

#Freedom250 #ACREOLGlobal #InnovatingTogether #USAinRwanda

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

The University of British Columbia Meets ACREOL Global 🇨🇦🤝🇷🇼

When global perspectives meet local realities, learning goes both ways.

Perspectives from the University of British Columbia (@UBC ) met the realities of palliative care in Rwanda during a visit to the @acreolglobal office by Dr. Sarah Broder, Respirologist/GIM, Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC, and a Medical Director of Palliative Care from #Canada who has been in #Rwanda working with the clinical teaching units at @chu_butare.

Her experiences at CHUB and hearing about Dr. Christian Ntizimira’s work in #PalliativeCare sparked a curiosity to connect firsthand. During the visit, she witnessed how palliative care in our context values culture, family, and #Ubuntu philosophy in caring for patients and their loved ones.

⁉️If you’re in Kigali and passionate about palliative care, drop by our office!

#ACREOLGlobal

@RBCRwanda @RwandaHealth @ughe_org @Uni_Rwanda

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🔔Real health system change starts with people.

In @GakenkeDistrict, healthcare providers from @HospitalNemba, @GatondeHospital, and @HospitalRuli are taking steps toward that vision by strengthening their knowledge through palliative care training.

⁉️Why the training?
To help teams rethink how care is delivered, shaping their culture around holistic #PalliativeCare and building stronger palliative care practices across the district.

⁉️What does this mean for patients and families?
Care that improves comfort, dignity, and quality of life.💖

Grateful to @RBCRwanda, The Stirling Foundation, @GakenkeDistrict, @HospitalNemba, @GatondeHospital, and @HospitalRuli for supporting this step in advancing palliative care.

#ACREOLGlobal #TrainingOfTrainers #Gakenke #Ruli #Gatonde #Nemba

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

🥳MEET OUR INTERN: Niwe Tona Olga

Niwe Tona Olga is an aspiring entrepreneur and an Entrepreneurial Leadership student at @alueducation.

With experience in student government leadership and fast-paced service roles, she brings discipline, adaptability, and a collaborative spirit to every project.

Her background in teamwork and community engagement connects closely with the work we do at @acreolglobal in palliative care, where listening, coordination, and working alongside others are essential to supporting patients and families.

Welcome to the ACREOL Global team, Tona. 💚

#ACREOLGlobal #PalliativeCare #Interns

[ACREOL Global @acreolglobal]

💖Celebrating Women at ACREOL Global 🌸

Behind the work we do every day are women whose dedication, compassion, and strength help move palliative care forward.

Today, we celebrate you and the many ways you shape our work and our mission.

🥳Happy International Women's Day 2026!

💬 In one word, how would you describe a woman who inspires you?

Share it with us in the comments👇🏾

#InternationalWomensDay #ACREOLGlobal #WomenInHealth #WomenInScience #PalliativeCare

@unwomenrwanda @uicc @RwandaGender @RBCRwanda @RwandaHealth