Dr. Agnes Binagwaho was appointed Minister of Health of Rwanda in May 2011; she had been Permanent Secretary of Health since October 2008. From 2003 to 2008, she served as Executive Secretary of Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission. Prior to 2002, she practiced medicine in public hospitals in Rwanda and elsewhere after receiving her MD and specializing in Pediatrics, emergency pediatrics, neonatology, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS. She currently serves as Chair of the Rwandan Pediatric Society. Dr. Binagwaho is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Public Library of Science and the Harvard University Health and Human Rights. Dr. Binagwaho co-chaired the MDG Project Task Force on HIV/AIDS and Access to Essential Medicines for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and was global co-chair of the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS. In 2010, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Sciences from Dartmouth College.
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Health Sector commemorates 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi |
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 Kigali, 13th April 2012: The Health Sector together with its development partners yesterday organised events in honour of over a million people killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
A total of about 2000 staff of the Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre with partners started off with activities of visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, laying wreaths at the graves of the departed after which a march from Remara – Giporoso to La Pallisse Hotel Nyandungu and vigil followed.
The commemoration was also held in honour of former employees of the health sector.
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Private and Public Partnership to increase access to healthcare services in Rwanda |
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3 April 2012, Kigali – A new partnership is announced today which brings together One HealthStore Holdings (HSH), and Family Health (OFH) Foundation, GSK, Ecobank, on one hand and Healthstore Holdings and the Rwandan Ministry of Health on the other, in a coordinated effort to establish 240 health posts across Rwanda over the next three years. With support from the Ministry of Health, this innovative partnership aims to increase access to high quality essential medicines and basic healthcare for around two million people per year in rural communities in Rwanda. This is the first step in an overall ambition to create up to 500 health posts in Rwanda over the next seven years as per a public-private partnership between the Ministry of Health and HSH, and in alignment with the Rwandan Government’s Vision 2020.
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Annual International Child Health Conference opens in Kigali |
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Kigali, 27th March 2012: Over 350 national and international health experts have convened in Kigali to draw ways on how to improve child health in a bid to raise stronger generations for the future.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the high level summit, the Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho highlighted the progress the country has shown so far, citing the 50 percent reduction of the child mortality rates, improved hygiene and general improvement in managing infectious diseases.
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Minister calls for further action to improve health |
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 Kigali, 13th March 2012: The Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho has called for further reduction of mortality figures and general improvement of key health indicators so that more health progress is attained.
The Health Minister made these remarks at the National Dissemination of the 2010 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey results meeting.
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Minister Binagwaho commends women for health promotion |
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 Gicumbi, 8th March 2012: The Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho has commended
women in Gicumbi for their role in promoting health citing that they should continue to advance initiatives that spearhead the country’s development process.
Dr. Binagwaho made these remarks during the International Women’s’ Day celebrations that were held in Gicumbi, Rutare.
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