Awa Marie Coll-Seck is as 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.
St. Francis Hospital Nsambya,commonly known as Nsambya Hospital,is a hospital in Kampala,the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.
Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) is a constituent college of Makerere University,Uganda's oldest university. The schools of the college offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the biomedical sciences,health sciences,human medicine and public health,covering a broad range of disciplines and specialties.
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.
Christine Joyce Dradidi Ondoa is a physician and medical administrator who is regarded as one of Uganda's finest leaders especially in ensuring that the quality of health service delivery in Uganda is improved,and discipline and ethical code of conduct among health workers is observed. She is a Ugandan paediatrician and Christian Leader. She currently serves as the Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission. She was appointed to that position by the President of Uganda in February 2014. Prior to that,she served as a Senior Presidential Advisor to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Public Health. She was a member of the board of directors of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). She was Minister of Health in the Ugandan Cabinet from 2011 to 2013. She was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011,but was replaced by Ruhakana Rugunda on 23 May 2013. On account of being a cabinet minister she was a member of the Ugandan Parliament,in an ex officio capacity. Prior to that,she was the Executive Director of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital,one of the fourteen regional referral hospitals in Uganda.
Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan Politian,pediatrician and 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 resides in Kigali.
Claver Gatete is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Executive Secretary of 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.
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.
Sarah Kiguli,MBChB,MMed (Pediatrics),MHPE,is a Ugandan pediatrician,academic,and medical researcher. She is a professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Makerere University School of Medicine,a component of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences.
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.
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.
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.
Sylvia Shitsama Nyamweya,is a Kenyan consultant neurosurgeon at the Kenyatta National Referral Hospital. She is the first female neurosurgeon in Kenya and one of a handful of female neurosurgeons in the country.
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.
