Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan Politician, pediatrician, co-founder and the former vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (2017-2022).

From November 2009 to April 2010, she completed a certificate in Health and Human Rights - Dimensions and Strategies with InWEnt - Capacity Building International (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH)[8] She was also awarded a Social and Behavioral Research Investigators Certificate by the US-based organization Citi Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative.

[11] From 2006 to 2009, she co-chaired the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA),[12] an independent alliance of researchers, implementers, policymakers, activists, and people living with HIV.

She was also a member of the Multi-Country Support Program on SSR/HIV/AIDS Steering Committee and the Advisory Body of the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 2004 to 2009.

[23] She was a Founding Board Member of the Tropical Institute of the Community Health and Development in Africa,[24] based in Kisumu, Kenya.

[26] She also served on the International Strategic Advisory Board for the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London.

Since 2010, Binagwaho has served as a member of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries.

[36] Binagwaho is a member of the joint scientific committee for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations/ China Ministry of Science and Technology.

Most recently, Professor Binagwaho joined as advisor for the Stanford Research Coordinating Center to Support Climate Change and Health Community of Practice.

[50] Recently, under the umbrella of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicines and Engineering she has become a member of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education.

[citation needed] Binagwaho's studies and publications aim to improve access to prevention, care and treatment for HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

[53] Her PhD dissertation focused on the analysis of missed opportunities for children affected by HIV to fulfil their human right to health.

In December 2011, she partnered with the Rwandan-American ICT company Nyaruka to allow Rwandans who did not have access to the Internet to contribute their questions and comments to #MinisterMondays discussions via SMS.

"[57] In 2015, she received two awards: the 2015 Roux Prize[58] through the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) for her use of Global Burden of Disease Study data to reduce infant mortality in Rwanda,[59] and the Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence for her contribution to improving the health of children.

[61][62] Recently, she won the prize of L'ORÉAL-UNESCO for women in science international award for her remarkable contribution towards the improvement of the Rwandan health system.