Build Health International
Sola Da Silva is an accomplished architect and architectural designer currently employed at Build Health International since January 2021, where expertise focuses on the integration of architecture with health and wellbeing. Additionally, Sola serves as a podcast host and producer at Third Space, initiating discussions on how the built environment influences human connection and healing. Prior experience includes a role as an architectural technologist at Adamson Associates Architects from September 2017 to December 2020, as well as journalistic positions that include reporting for CBC, ieiMedia, and North Island Graphics Media. Academic credentials include a Master of Architecture from Boston Architectural College and advanced diplomas in Architectural Technology and Journalism from George Brown College and Centennial College, respectively, along with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Philosophy from the University of Toronto.
Build Health International
Build Health International (BHI) promotes global equity by developing high-quality health infrastructure to enable access to dignified and affordable healthcare to those who need it most. Working with public sector and NGO partners in fragile health systems, we develop infrastructure solutions that elevate the quality and accessibility of healthcare in the most impoverished and resource-constrained regions of the world. Infrastructure is an essential, yet often overlooked, tenet of global health. Organizations seeking facility support in under-resourced regions routinely face two imperfect options: importing models and methods from the Global North, designed without regard to local efficiencies, or utilizing under-resourced assets that are unable to deliver the quality and durability needed. BHI offers a third alternative - a common-sense approach to infrastructure that allows for delivery of high-quality care, that can also be operated and maintained in a resource-constrained setting. We work to make each of our healthcare facilities a part of robust public healthcare systems that will provide long-term quality, accessible, and affordable care to the local community.