Awa Marie Coll-Seck is a Senegalese infectious diseases specialist and politician who served as Minister of Health of Senegal from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2012 to 2017. She also served as former Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and is on the board of directors of several notable global health organizations. She is an agenda contributor of the World Economic Forum.
Mirta Roses Periago is an Argentine epidemiologist who served as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) from 2003 until 2013.
Richard Sezibera is a Rwandan medical doctor,diplomat and politician,who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 18 October 2018 until November 4,2019. He replaced Louise Mushikiwabo. He was replaced by Vincent Biruta on November 4,2019.
Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan Politician,pediatrician,co-founder and the former vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (2017-2022). In 1996,she returned to Rwanda where she provided clinical care in the public sector as well as held many positions including the position of Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health of Rwanda from October 2008 until May 2011 and Minister of Health from May 2011 until July 2016. She has been a professor of global health delivery practice since 2016 and a professor of pediatrics since 2017 at the University of Global Health Equity. She has served the health sector in various high-level government positions. She resides in Kigali.
Claver Gatete is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa since 2023.
The Cabinet of Rwanda consists of the Prime Minister,Ministers,Ministers of State and other members nominated by the President. Members of Cabinet are selected from political organisations based on the number of seats they hold in the Chamber of Deputies,but members of Cabinet cannot themselves belong to the Chamber.
Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is a Malian medical doctor and public health official. She is the Regional Director,Africa at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC). Prior to this role,she served as the Executive Director of Roll Back Malaria Partnership.
Jane Pauline Philpott is a physician,academic administrator,and former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Markham—Stouffville in the House of Commons. She was first elected in the 2015 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party and was appointed to the Cabinet of the 29th Canadian Ministry,headed by Justin Trudeau,on November 4,2015. On March 4,2019,she resigned from her cabinet position as President of the Treasury Board over the SNC-Lavalin affair. On April 2,2019,she and Jody Wilson-Raybould were expelled from the Liberal caucus in the aftermath of the controversy.
Healthcare in Rwanda was historically of poor quality,but in recent decades has seen great improvement. Rwanda operates a universal health care system,and is considered to have one of the highest-quality health systems in Africa.
Dr. Diane Karusisi is a Rwandan statistician,economist,bank executive and academic. She is the CEO of Bank of Kigali,the largest commercial bank in Rwanda by assets. Immediately prior to her present position,she served as the chief economist and head of strategy and policy at the Office of the President of Rwanda.
Kesetebirhan (Kesete) Admasu is an Ethiopian physician who was the Minister of Health of Ethiopia between November 2012 and 2016. It was reported that he left the government after declining a new non-health cabinet ministerial portfolio during a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016. He was appointed as Minister of Health in October 2012 after serving as State Minister in charge of Health Programs from 2010 to October 2012. He is known for his critical role in implementing the health sector reform of the country when he served as Director General,Health Promotion and Disease Prevention between 2007 and 2010. Dr Kesete has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership in February-2017.
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a health sciences university in Rwanda. An initiative of Partners In Health,UGHE is a private,not-for-profit,accredited institution.
Stella Ford Mugabo is a Rwandan politician who has served as Minister of Cabinet Affairs since July 2013.
Espérance Nyirasafari is a lawyer and politician in Rwanda,who serves as one of two Vice Presidents of the Senate of Rwanda,effective 17 October 2019. She was appointed to the Senate by the President of Rwanda,on 22 September 2019.
Monique Nsanzabaganwa is a Rwandan economist,politician and diplomat,who has served as the vice-chairperson of the African Union Commission,effective 6 February 2021. Before that,between 2011 and 2021,she served as the deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.
Alvera Mukabaramba,is a pediatrician and politician in Rwanda,who has been the Minister of State for Local Government Responsible for Social Affairs in the Cabinet of Rwanda,since 10 October 2011.
Jenny Ohlsson is a Swedish diplomat who has been serving as State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation Matilda Ernkrans in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sweden) since November 2021. She was the first Swedish ambassador to Rwanda.
Dr. Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho is a Tanzanian paediatrician and public health leader who until December 31,2015,served as World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General for HIV/AIDS,Tuberculosis,Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases based in Geneva,Switzerland. From 2016 to 2019,she served as board chair of RBM Partnership To End Malaria. Before joining WHO in 1999,Mpanju-Shumbusho was Director General of The East,Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) formerly known as the Commonwealth Regional Health Community for East,Central and Southern Africa (CRHC-ECSA).
Masaka Hospital,Rwanda,commonly known as Masaka Hospital,is a hospital in Rwanda. It is an urban,general hospital built between 2008 and 2011,with funding from the Government of China,as a gift to the Government of Rwanda.
Daniel Ngamije is a Rwandan politician and physician who served as Rwandan Minister of Health between 2020 and 2022. He was appointed in February 2020 by President Paul Kagame and his term ended in November 2022.
