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  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Agnes Binagwaho is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and health professions. Their work spans multiple subfields, including general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, economics and econometrics, infectious diseases, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The primary topics of research addressed by Agnes Binagwaho include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

This scientist has published papers in several leading venues, notably:

  • BMC Pediatrics (9 publications)
  • Annals of Global Health (8 publications)
  • BMJ Global Health (8 publications)
  • BMJ (7 publications)
  • Gates Open Research (4 publications)

Highlighted recent papers illustrate the breadth and impact of their work:

  • "Sustainable care for children with cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission," 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion," 2020, The Lancet
  • "COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10)," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Air pollution and development in Africa: impacts on health, the economy, and human capital," 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat," 2022, Nature

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Lisa R. Hirschhorn
  • Kedest Mathewos
  • Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo
  • Amelia VanderZanden
  • Félix Sayinzoga

Their scholarly contributions have been recognized through awards such as membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • [Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation].

    Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence H. Summers;George Alleyne;Kenneth J. Arrow

  • Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Paul E Farmer;Eric L Krakauer;Eric L Krakauer;Liliana De Lima

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Effect on maternal and child health services in Rwanda of payment to primary health-care providers for performance : an impact evaluation

    Paulin Basinga;Paul J Gertler;Agnes Binagwaho;Agnes L B Soucat

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Stephen S Lim;Kate Allen;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy

    Rifat Atun;Justine I Davies;Justine I Davies;Edwin A M Gale;Till Bärnighausen;Till Bärnighausen

  • Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

    Ana Langer;Afaf Meleis;Felicia M Knaul;Rifat Atun

  • The Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda — A New Partnership

    Agnes Binagwaho;Patrick Kyamanywa;Paul E. Farmer;Tej Nuthulaganti

  • Designing and Implementing an Innovative SMS-Based Alert System (RapidSMS-MCH) to Monitor Pregnancy and Reduce Maternal and Child Deaths in Rwanda

    Fidele Ngabo;Judith Nguimfack;Friday Nwaigwe;Catherine Mugeni

  • Sustainable care for children with cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission

    Rifat Atun;Nickhill Bhakta;Avram Denburg;A Lindsay Frazier

  • The legal determinants of health: harnessing the power of law for global health and sustainable development

    Lawrence O Gostin;John T Monahan;Jenny Kaldor;Mary DeBartolo

  • A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat

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  • Achieving high coverage in Rwanda's national human papillomavirus vaccination programme

    Agnes Binagwaho;Claire M Wagner;Maurice Gatera;Corine Karema

  • Embedding non-communicable diseases in the post-2015 development agenda

    George Alleyne;Agnes Binagwaho;Andy Haines;Selim Jahan

  • Towards Universal Health Coverage: An Evaluation of Rwanda Mutuelles in Its First Eight Years

    Chunling Lu;Brian Leland Chin;Jiwon Lee Lewandowski;Paulin Basinga

  • The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion

    Gene Bukhman;Ana O Mocumbi;Rifat Atun;Anne E Becker

  • Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life

    Agnes Binagwaho;Paul E. Farmer;Sabin Nsanzimana;Corine Karema

  • The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Nelson Sewankambo;Agnes Binagwaho;Awa Marie Coll-Seck

  • Air pollution and development in Africa: impacts on health, the economy, and human capital.

    Samantha Fisher;David C Bellinger;Maureen L Cropper;Pushpam Kumar

  • COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10).

    Jeffrey V. Lazarus;Scott Ratzan;Adam Palayew;Francesco C. Billari

  • Excellent clinical outcomes and high retention in care among adults in a community-based HIV treatment program in rural Rwanda.

    Michael L. Rich;Ann C. Miller;Peter Niyigena;Molly F. Franke

  • Investing in Development A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals : Overview

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Agnes Binagwaho;Nancy Birdsall;Jaap Broekmans

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer Harvard University
Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Lisa R. Hirschhorn Northwestern University
Heidi J Larson
Heidi J Larson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rifat Atun
Rifat Atun Harvard University
Michael S Wilkes
Michael S Wilkes University of California, Davis
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Ole Frithjof Norheim University of Bergen
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Margaret E. Kruk
Margaret E. Kruk Washington University in St. Louis
Giuseppe Raviola
Giuseppe Raviola Harvard University

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