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Agnes Binagwaho

Agnes Binagwaho

Keynote Speaker: Vice-Chancellor at the University of Global Health Equity; Global Health & Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School

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Agnes Binagwaho Biography

Professor Agnes Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped), PHD currently resides in Rwanda and is the retired Vice Chancellor and co-founder in 2015, of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), an initiative of Partners; which focuses on changing how health care is delivered around the world by training global health professionals who strive to deliver more equitable, quality health services for all.

She is a Rwandan pediatrician who returned to Rwanda in 1996, two years after the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. Since then, (1996-2016), she has provided clinical care in the public sector and served the Rwandan Health Sector in high-level government positions, first as the Executive Secretary of Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission, then as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and lastly as the Minister of Health for 5 years.

Professor Binagwaho specializes in emergency pediatrics, neonatology, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS. She completed her MD at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and her MA in Pediatrics at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth College and earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Rwanda College of Medicine.

She currently serves as a member of several Advisory Boards among them the Wellcome Global Monitor and member of Boards of Directors including the Rockefeller Foundation Board. She is a member of a number of International Scientific Committees, working groups and task forces in global health, for T20, the United Nations and independent organizations such as the Africa Europe Foundation, and she sits on the Editorial Boards of several scientific journals.

Previously, she co-chaired the Millennium Development Goal Project Task Force on HIV/AIDS and Access to Essential Medicines for the Secretary-General of the United Nations under the leadership of Professor Jeffrey Sachs (MGGs, 2001-2006). Professor Binagwaho also co-chaired the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA) (2006–09) and founded the Rwandan Pediatric Society, chairing it until 2019. Since 2016, she has been a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, since 2017 a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, and a member of the World Academy of Sciences. In 2015, Professor Binagwaho received the annual Roux Prize and Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence. She was also named among the 100 Most Influential African Women for 2020.

Professor Binagwaho is currently a senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a Professor of Pediatrics at UGHE, and an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Her academic engagements include research in implementation sciences, human rights to health, social justice, health services delivery, Health systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases and pediatric care. She has published over 220 peer-reviewed articles.

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Agnes Binagwaho Videos

Leadership Lessons From Ebola to Fight COVID-19
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho on Teaching Global Health Equity
Agnes Binagwaho: Rwanda's Health Care Transformation: A Model for Success

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Agnes Binagwaho is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Health, Global Health, Healthcare, Influential Women, Women's Empowerment, Female Leadership and TED.

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Agnes Binagwaho Videos

Leadership Lessons From Ebola to Fight COVID-19
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho on Teaching Global Health Equity
Agnes Binagwaho: Rwanda's Health Care Transformation: A Model for Success
Bill Gates's Heroes in the Field: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho
Healthcare for all is the duty of all | Prof. Agnes Binagwaho ...

Agnes Binagwaho Reviews

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Agnes Binagwaho News

  • How women are revolutionizing Rwanda

    In 1996, Agnes Binagwaho returned home to Rwanda in the aftermath of its genocide. She considered leaving amid the overwhelming devastation, but women in her community motivated her to stay and help rebuild -- and she's glad she did. In an inspiring talk, Binagwaho reflects on her work as Rwanda's former Minister of Health and discusses her new women's education initiative for the country, which strives to create one of the greatest levels of gender equality worldwide.

  • The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Two Esteemed Leaders to ...

    21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho  ...

  • What a medical school on a Rwandan hilltop can teach the United ...

    ... a healthy and productive life,” said Agnes Binagwaho, a Rwandan physician and vice chancellor of the university that opens its permanent campus this month.

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