Executive Secretary and former Minister of StateGovernment of the Republic of Rwanda
Dr. Patrick C. Ndimubanzi currently serves as the Executive Secretary for the Human Resource for Health Secretariat (HRH). The mission of the Human Resource for Health Secretariat is to build a health education infrastructure and build the capacity of the health workforce in order to create a high-quality and sustainable healthcare system. Prior to his appointment as the HRH Secretariat Executive Secretary, Patrick served as the Minister of State in Charge of Primary Healthcare and Public Health in the Government of Rwanda. He is a Public Health Specialist with experience in designing implementing and monitoring health systems strengthening strategies aiming at improving health outcomes of the population. Throughout his career, he has worked on various initiatives aiming at tackling infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and non-infectious diseases. He has also been active working with response teams involved in the management of various outbreaks, including the prevention of public health threats of international concerns. Prior to joining the Ministry of Health, Patrick worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kigali, within the PEPFAR team, focusing in the area of Pediatric HIV and the area of Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission. After completing his medical training, Patrick worked on an interventional research project (AMATA) aiming to compare breastfeeding with maternal antiretroviral therapy to formula feeding in order to prevent HIV postnatal mother-to-child transmission in Rwanda. Trained as a medical doctor at the University of Rwanda, Patrick is a Fulbright alumnus who studied Epidemiology. He holds a Master of Sciences degree from Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center.