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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
    Nov 5, 2021
    Dear friends and colleagues who have been reaching out to me, You may have seen news coverage all over the world claiming rebel forces are edging close to the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. For all its worth, please take this as COMPLETELY FAKE news!
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Dec 31, 2021
    Back to theatre....operated on a left diaphragmatic hernia and a right chronic empyema...both post bullet injury...proud to have contributed by #EthiopiaPrevails @gttefera @Senaitbitew @DrSenait @TsionYohannes @BelaynehMichael #NoMore @NeaminZeleke @DrMartaG @zbekelez
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Feb 21, 2022
    What a beautiful soul we have lost today! My heart goes out to his wife Didi, his wonderful children, his whole family, the entire PIH and UGHE family, and his comrades in the fight for Global Health Equity. Oh, how you will be missed Paul! @agnesbinagwaho @ughe_org @PaulKagame
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Jan 1, 2023
    Back to theatre at the Tikur Anbessa H in Ethiopia....did a radical thymectomy for a young women with Myasthenia Gravis+Thymoma....feels reaaallllllly good @TsionYohannes @ughe_org @robertriviello @DrBarnabasAlay @DrSenait @Senaitbitew @HarvardPGSSC @PIH @PIH_Rwanda @lia_tadesse
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Mar 4, 2023
    The @ughe_org is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr Daniel Seifu to Full Professor of Biochemistry, effective January 25, 2023. Please join me in congratulating him on his success @Sheila_DavisDNP @JoiaMukherjee @PIH @mubiligij @harvardmed @DrSenait @AmalSalehNour
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Dec 19, 2021
    Joining my brother @gttefera Together let’s #heal and #restore #ethiopia ⁦@lia_tadesse⁩ ⁦@fitsumaregaa⁩ ⁦@em_mehari⁩ ⁦@abebesurg⁩ ⁦@EliasAshame⁩ ⁦@MiliardD⁩ ⁦@MisekerAbate⁩ ⁦@Doctors4Ethio⁩ ⁦@p2pbridge⁩ ⁦@FMoHealth⁩ ⁦@mfaethiopia⁩ ⁦⁦
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    May 28, 2024
    A thread.... What defines a happy man? 1) A beautiful loving wife who tolerated me for 15 years in marriage, and counting ....
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
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    Nov 22, 2021
    Today it's Ethiopia under extreme threat by neocolonialism, tomorrow it will be the whole of #Africa #AfricaUnite wakeup against neocolonialism. #NoMore @HermelaTV @TsionYohannes @BelaynehMichael @jeffpropulsion @Futurical #HandsoffEthiopia
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Jun 10, 2022
    I used the magnificent @KidsOperating theatre in kigali-CHUK to operate on a 15 year old with right diaphragmatic hernia @RMugwe @GarrethWood Kind of envious of my PEDs surgery colleagues @cosecsa @emakasa @PIH @Senaitbitew @SaferSurgery @agnesbinagwaho @robinpetroze @MiliardD
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Feb 22, 2022
    Outpouring of love to #PaulFarmer @ughe_org wide memorial service and prayers from the world's religions @agnesbinagwaho @Sheila_DavisDNP @PIH @PIH_Rwanda @melindagates @DrSenait
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Feb 22, 2022
    All flags at half-mast at @ughe_org respect to #PaulFarmer @agnesbinagwaho @Sheila_DavisDNP @PIH_Rwanda @PIH @DrSenait UGHE is mourning
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Nov 6, 2021
    Replying to @abebesurg
    Why is there so much coordinated pressure (almost hostility) against a poor but sovereign African country whose citizens are just trying to make ends meet?@TsionYohannes @Senaitbitew @AbiyAhmedAli @BilleneSeyoum @NeaminZeleke @zehabesha @zbekelez @GleanEthiopia @AlexGmariam
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    May 8, 2022
    The CEO of @kingfaisalhosp1, @MiliardD being interviewed by a group of grade 5 students from green hiIls academic, one of them is my daughter Rekik. Now, this is what you call caring for the next generation @agnesbinagwaho @Senaitbitew @DrSenait @TsionYohannes @FirstLadyRwanda
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    Abebe Bekele, MD, PhD
    @abebesurg
    Dec 20, 2021
    Team Rwanda responded to #አንድሻንጣለወገኔ challenge, shipment of 8 cartoons delivered to the airport delivery site tonight - very well organized @lia_tadesse @DrSenait @AlexGmariam @Doctors4Ethio @gttefera @TsionYohannes @BlenMamoDT @Senaitbitew @realseyoum #HealAndRestore
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