Agnes Binagwaho
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Opinion: Why universal health coverage is the key to pandemic management
over 5 years ago // COVID-19
COVID-19 has shed light on the systemic flaws within health care systems worldwide. This op-ed explores Rwanda’s response to the pandemic through the lens of UHC, sharing key lessons for other countries.
Opinion: We need structural change to enable self-empowerment — not empowerment by others
over 5 years ago // Inclusive development
"Rather than a movement of empowering others, we need to start a radical initiative of depowering relationships through the structures of policies and laws," according to this op-ed.
Opinion: ‘Silent discriminator’ — the women global data is leaving behind
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
Incomplete data during the COVID-19 pandemic poses terrifying consequences for women. A global response will require filling those data gaps so that “unknowns become knowns,” write two experts from Rwanda’s University of Global Health Equity.
Opinion: A medical school for the future that Africa needs
over 6 years ago // Global health
The University of Global Health Equity aims to turn that vision into reality. University Vice-Chancellor and former Rwandan Health Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and Research Associate Miriam Frisch explain the model.