Agnes Binagwaho

Agnes Binagwaho

Professor Agnes Binagwaho is the vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity, a global university in the rural north of Rwanda focused on changing the way health care is delivered around the world by training the next generation of global health professionals to provide more equitable, quality health services for all. She is a Rwandan pediatrician who has served the health sector in various 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 then for five years as minister of health.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Why universal health coverage is the key to pandemic management

Opinion: Why universal health coverage is the key to pandemic management

about 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

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

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

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.