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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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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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