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Agnes Binagwaho

Agnes Binagwaho

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Agnes Binagwaho, a former minister of health of Rwanda, is Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and a member of the US National Academy of Medicine.

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  1. An Interview with Agnes Binagwaho
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    An Interview with Agnes Binagwaho

    Jun 15, 2021 Agnes Binagwaho

  2. Lessons from Rwanda’s Fight Against COVID-19
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    Lessons from Rwanda’s Fight Against COVID-19

    Dec 31, 2020 Agnes Binagwaho shows that an emphasis on equity and access in health care can be more effective than the best technologies.

  3. Communicating Public Health and Social Justice
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    Communicating Public Health and Social Justice

    Aug 13, 2020 Laura Wotton & Agnes Binagwaho show why Rwanda has outperformed the United Kingdom in containing COVID-19 cases and deaths.

  4. A Formula for Health Equity
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    A Formula for Health Equity

    Nov 8, 2017 Agnes Binagwaho explains how even a country as poor as Rwanda can guarantee access to medical care for all.

  5. Diet and Growth
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    Diet and Growth

    May 31, 2013 Agnes Binagwaho on the devastating effects of childhood undernourishment.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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