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Promoting Health, Preventing Disease, and Improving Care for All
I spent this past summer in Uganda with Empower Through Health (ETH) where I not only completed my graduate practicum requirements, but...

Empower Through Health
Feb 17, 20204 min read


Saniya’s Story
She sits outside her brick house, wearing a beautiful bright African print dress. She is sorting fresh leafy vegetables, dodo, for the...

Empower Through Health
Nov 2, 20192 min read


Summer Updates
We've had a busy few months here at ETH. We have taken some big steps recently. We are excited to share with you the news we are now a...

Empower Through Health
Sep 23, 20193 min read


Ritah's Story
If you’ve seen any content on ETH over the past 9 months or so, it’s thanks to Ritah Namutamba. In addition to being a star Data...

Empower Through Health
May 31, 20191 min read


Maternal Care at the Mpunde Health Center
“I remember that night like it was yesterday. It was a dark, rainy night twenty years ago. It was nearing midnight when I felt a sharp...

Empower Through Health
Apr 2, 20193 min read


Become the Next ETH Field Director!
Are you interested in making a positive difference in the world? Have you thought about living abroad? Do you want to take an integral...

Empower Through Health
Mar 7, 20191 min read


2018 ANNUAL REPORT
2018 marked ETH's first full year of operations, and what a year it was. During that time we: Opened the Mpunde Health Center Assisted a...

Empower Through Health
Mar 2, 20191 min read


BIG happenings in Mpunde: an update on the Mpunde Health Center
One of Empower Through Health’s most important projects to date is the Mpunde Health Center. Read a brief history of the rapid progress...

Empower Through Health
Feb 22, 20193 min read


Thank You for an Amazing 2018
Dear friends of ETH, In early 2018, we started Empower Through Health with the belief that everyone is equally valuable and deserves a...

Empower Through Health
Jan 8, 20192 min read


At the Mpunde Health Center with Zubeidah
There is no Mpunde Health Center without Zubeidah Natusasira Zubeidah is at the heart of ETH. She currently serves as the nurse at the...

Empower Through Health
Dec 28, 20184 min read


Dauda's Message to America
When Dauda isn’t busy fixing bicycles or tending his garden, he likes to, “sit during [his] free time and just rest [his] bones.” Dauda...

Empower Through Health
Dec 18, 20182 min read


Naomi's Story
Meet Naomi Naomi is a 40-year-old nurse from Buyende, the district in which ETH’s Mpunde Health Center just opened. Ritah, one of our...

Empower Through Health
Dec 5, 20182 min read


Support the Mpunde Health Center Fundraiser
Dear friends and family, I hope that you’re having a great holiday season. As we all enter this season of festivities and spending time...

Empower Through Health
Nov 30, 20182 min read


Introducing the Mpunde Health Center
Last Thursday, November 22nd, ETH hosted the grand opening of the Mpunde Health Center in Uganda as Thanksgiving was being celebrated in...

Empower Through Health
Nov 29, 20182 min read


ETH November Update
We've had a busy few months here at ETH. We're continuing our work to improve health outcomes in Uganda and have taken some big steps...

Empower Through Health
Nov 14, 20183 min read


The Origins of ETH: An Interview with Co-Founder and CEO Jae Lee
Jae Lee sits on the patio of a bar in Iganga, a town in Uganda on a Sunday evening. The overcast sky is juxtaposed by Jae’s effervescent...

Empower Through Health
Oct 22, 20184 min read


Finding and Fixing Health Deficiencies in the Hardest to Reach Places
Hello everyone, webale and welcome to the Empower Through Health blog! We’re excited to start bringing you regular updates on all of...

Empower Through Health
Sep 6, 20183 min read


The Time to Touch Lives is Now: An Interview with Kazungu Rauben
This is the first entry of an interview series about our ETH team members. Here Scott Blackwell, ETH’s Field Director of Operations,...

Empower Through Health
Aug 21, 20184 min read
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