Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped)
About Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped)
Minister of Health in Rwanda. Pediatrician specialized in emergency pediatrics, neonatology, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS; and she Chair the Rwandan Pediatric Society. From 1986 to 2002, she practiced medicine in public hospitals in Rwanda and several other countries before joining Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission as Executive Secretary. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Public Library of Science, and the Harvard University Health and Human Rights Journal.
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. She was the global co-chair of the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS. In addition to her medical degree and Master in Peadiatry, she received an Honorary Doctor of Sciences from Dartmouth College.
Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine of Harvard Medical School.
http://dr-agnes.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/agnesbinagwaho#
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Government Employee
- Physician
Organization
- Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Work Location(s)
- Rwanda
Agnès's Communities
Language(s)
- English
- French
Recent Contributions
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Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped) started a discussion "HPV Vaccine in Rwanda: Different Disease, Same Double Standard" in the Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases community.
Dear colleagues and friends around the world, I would like to share a Correspondence piece that I published this week in The Lancet regarding debates about using and paying for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in low-income countries: “HPV Vaccine in Rwanda: Different Disease, Same Double Standard.” It is attached as a Resource. We respond to a group of public health researchers who wrote a piece in July that was critical of Rwanda's program and made ...
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Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped) replied to "Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011" in the Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011 panel.
Dear All, I am on twitter every day @agnesbinagwaho and we can continue the conversation there. Twice a month I will also be hosting Mondays with the Minister (#MinisterMondays) on a particular health issue. Yesterday was the inaugural Minister Monday where we talked about family planning. I will host one on health system strengthening soon. Thank you all of you - organizers, facilitators, panelists and participants for the good discussion this week.
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Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped) replied to "Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011" in the Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011 panel.
Dear all, I am now including all of my responses to the remaining comments that I have not already answered. Thanks again to all of you for a great discussion. The issues we have collectively explored are so important, and the conversation should not end with this panel. #38: Regina, thank you for your response. All of this is true, but it is not specific to NGOs – it is also important to differentiate between ...
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Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped) replied to "Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011" in the Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011 panel.
For question number 5: "Are there examples of current partnerships you think have been particularly successful at strengthening health systems? Conversely, can you provide examples of 'partnerships' that aren’t working and explain why not?" For the most helpful illustrations of such polar opposites, I find it best to think in general terms. Below I have outlined the characteristics of strong partnerships between governments and NGOs, and weak or harmful partnerships between governments and NGOs. While ...
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Agnès Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped) replied to "Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011" in the Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011 panel.
Dear all, thank you for the continued engaging discussion. I will take time over the weekend to respond to each and every comment, but for right now I will answer only the shortest ones due to time constraints. #43: Rachel, you are right, this is the ideal situation. However, most times this is not the case and we must push the NGOs to be as close as possible to that ideal situation. #48: Maysa, around ...
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