*EVENT CANCELLED* UC Berkeley Lecture with Minister of Health of Rwanda: September 30, 2014
Please join us for a lecture on global health and development as UC Berkeley hosts the Hon. Minister Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of Rwanda.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED***
LECTURE TOPIC: Global Health and Development
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:00-4:30pm
LOCATION: Blum Hall, B100 Plaza Level
HOSTS & COORDINATING PARTNERS: Center for Global Public Health (CGPH), UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Blum Center for Developing Economies, Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Center for African Studies, Master of Development Practice (MDP) program, Henry Wheeler Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases
EVENT POSTER: Sept 30 Lecture_Agnes Binagwaho
Speaker Bio: Agnes Binagwaho, MD, PhD is the Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda. After practicing as a pediatrician for over 15 years, Dr. Binagwaho led the National AIDS Control Commission between 2002 and 2008. She then served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health until 2011.
Dr. Binagwaho serves on many academic boards. Her engagements include research on health equity, HIV/AIDS, information and communication technologies (ICT) in e-health, and pediatric care delivery systems. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles, serves on the International Advisory Board of Lancet Global Health, the Editorial Board of PLoS Medicine and of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal, and contributed to multiple books. She chairs the Rwanda Pediatric Society, is a member of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Dr. Binagwaho currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She also serves on the International Strategic Advisory Board for the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London.