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Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan pediatrician and the vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity. Since 2008, Binagwaho has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

She is also a Professor of the Practice of Global Health Delivery and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda as well as an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Professor Binagwaho is a faculty affiliate to the Center for African Studies at Harvard University. In 2017, Binagwaho was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), an initiative of Partners In Health. In 2019, she joined the Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees and became a member of the executive advisory board.

Since 2020, she became a member of the advisory board for the Women Political Leaders Global Survey on Immunization and a member of the board of directors for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. In 2021, she became the co-chair of the Board of commissioners for the Independent Commission on Multilateral approaches to pandemics, security, pandemics, security and sustainable development  (COMPASS). In 2022, she became a member of the Global Advisory Board for the Economist Impact project on Confidence in Scientific Research, a member of the community of trustees for the Cummings Foundation, and a board member for the International Center for Research on Women.

Since 2010, Binagwaho has been a member of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Binagwaho is a member of the joint scientific committee for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations/ China Ministry of Science and Technology. Binagwaho is a member of the Africa Europe Strategy Group on Health and serves on the Women Leaders Network at the Africa Europe Foundation.

Since 2021, she serves as a member of the advisory group for Plateforme de l’observatoire Africain de la Santé sur les systèmes et les politiques(AHOP), as well as a member for the Africa CDC Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE). In addition, she serves as a member of the Cochrane Convenes Group and a member of the Science Innovation Platform for Rwanda. She serves as the co-chair of the expert panel of the Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative. She serves as chair of the steering committee for the Clearly Research Program. Since 2021, she serves as co-chair for the International Conference for Public Health in Africa.

Binagwaho also serves as the co-chair of the Science & Strategic Advisory Council (SSAC) for the International Covid-19 Data Research Alliance and as co-chair for the Global Health and Covid-19 Task Force for the T20. Since 2021, she has been a member of the African Commission on COVID-19 for the African Union. Most recently she has joined the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering Clinical Engineering Division.

 

 

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