Medical Research and Capacity Building for Development: The Experience of Rwanda
In 2015, then Rwandan Minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, visited the NIH and shared lessons learned during her country's dramatic recovery from the 1994 genocide.
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Medical Research and Capacity Building for Development: The Experience of Rwanda
About the Barmes Lecture
The David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture series honors the late David Edward Barmes, special expert for international health at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
About Agnes Binagwaho
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho was Rwanda's Minister of Health from 2011 to 2016. She co-founded the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, and acted as its vice chancellor from 2017 to 2022. Before becoming minister in 2011, she served as permanent secretary of health, as executive secretary of Rwanda’s National AIDS Control Commission, and as a physician in public hospitals for over 15 years. She trained in pediatrics, specialized in emergency neonatology and the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and earned her doctoral degree from the University of Rwanda in 2014. She holds positions at Harvard University and Dartmouth College, where she teaches courses in health equity, HIV/AIDS, information and communication technologies for health, and pediatric care delivery systems.
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Udpated December 19, 2023