The future Maternal Center of Excellence will break barriers for what is possible for women’s health care in Sierra Leone, and the women leading the facility’s construction are breaking barriers of their own. On August 1, 2022, Florence Saffea was hired as the Tool Depot Manager on the Maternal Center…

Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, which was exacerbated by the 2002 Civil War and the 2014 Ebola outbreak. To address the critical need for lifesaving healthcare, Build Health International currently has 67 staff working on Phase I construction at the future Maternal Center of…

Equitable oxygen access remains a challenge in low-resource settings around the world. …

Haiti is home to one of the world’s largest solar-powered hospitals, the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais. Knowing that more can be done to expand renewable energy at Haiti hospitals, BHI is completing two major solar upgrades. When the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) opened in 2013, it became the largest…

After a storm hit Norwood Hospital in June 2020, the building was deemed a total loss. But materials that once made up Norwood will soon find a new home in Haiti. On June 28, 2020 the Norwood Hospital experienced significant damage after downpours caused the building to flood within minutes…

Globally, COVID-19 has led to a rise in tuberculosis cases. Build Health International and Socios en Salud are working to reverse this in Peru by building a 3-story tuberculosis diagnostic and treatment hospital. March 2020 marks the two year anniversary of when Peru recorded its first case of COVID-19. In…

Omar Hernandez, BHI’s Senior Director of Engineering and Construction, never intended to devote his career to building sustainable healthcare infrastructure in low-resource settings. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake that all changed. On August 14, 2021 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti’s Southern Peninsula, damaging much of the region’s healthcare infrastructure…

With the installation of a new generator and electrical system, Centre de Santé Sacré-Cœur de Thiotte will be able to provide more accessible and reliable care to the rural population it’s served for the past two decades. On the evening of December 16, 2021, residents of Thiotte, Haiti gathered around…

In 2007, Steve Mtewa was treated with medical oxygen as a patient at the Neno District Hospital in Malawi. 14 years later, he leads the repair of oxygen systems throughout Malawi, ensuring patients have access to the same life-saving treatment he received. Steve Mtewa arrived at the Nkhata Bay District…