Inshuti Mu Buzima organization and people
The structure and division of responsibilities in Rwanda reflect the public-private partnership among Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), PIH, and the Rwandan Ministry of Health. Many of the IMB staff are Ministry employees receiving support from PIH. When PIH first arrived in Rwinkwavu, there was not a doctor serving in the district. In the first year, five doctors were recruited to work with PIH, including Dr. Adolphe Karamaga, who was appointed by the Ministry to serve as Medical Director at Rwinkwavu Hospital and oversee the seven health centers in lower Kayonza district. Committed to helping the Ministry properly staff, compensate and train medical personnel, PIH has helped recruit and train more than 200 medical professionals across its sites, as well as a cadre of more than 700 community health workers. The PIH team on the ground in Rwanda includes doctors who serve as the PIH project's Country Director, Medical Director and Director of Pediatric Programs, as well as a Project Manager.
Key people in the Inshuti Mu Buzima and PIH team in Rwanda include:
Country Director - Dr. Peter Drobac
Deputy Country Director - Antoinette (Toni) Habinshuti
Chief Operations Officer - Victor Nkulikiyinka
Chief Financial Officer - Odile Nzirabatinya
Director of Human Resources and Administration - Aaron Turamye
District Project Manager, Butaro - Emmanuel Kamanzi
District Project Manager, Kayonza - Edward Shyaka
District Project Manager, Kirehe - Alice Uwingabiye
District Clinical Director, Burera – Dr. Joel M. Mubiligi
District Clinical Director, Kayonza - Dr. Felix Rwabukwisi Cyamatare
District Clinical Director, Kirehe - Dr. Evrard Nahimana
Director of Training and Medical Education - Dr. Chadi Cortas
Director of Health Informatic Systems, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Research - Cheryl Amoroso
Director of Community Health - Didi Bertrand Farmer
Director of Women's Health - Dr. Jacklin Saint-Fleur
Director of MESHc Program - Manzi Anatole
Director of Procurement and Logistics - Jean D'Amour Kubwimana
Program Coordinator - Kate Reynolds Thorson
Program Assistant - Lisbee Mumford
Chief Operations Officer Daniel Mungwarakarama
Chief Financial Officer Odile Nzirabatinya
Clinical Director Dr. Sara Stulac
Special Advisor Dr. Oliver Rothschild
Director of Human Resources Adalbert Mfashimana
Director of Medical Education Dr. Corrado Cancedda
EMR Program Director Cheryl Amoroso
Director of Community Health Didi Bertrand Farmer
Director Adult and Specialty Medicine Dr. Gilbert Biraro
Training Manager Ingrid Kamikazi
Director of Research, M&E, Clinical Data Dr. Michael Rich
Director of Pediatrics and Psychosocial Medicine Dr. Felix Rwabukwisi Cyamatare
Director of Women's Health Dr. Jacklin Saint-Fleur
Chief of Infrastructure Bruce Nizeye
Director of Procurement and Logistics Victor Nkurikiyinka
District Project Manager, Kayonza Emmanuel Kamanzi
District Project Manager, Burera Anne Sosin
District Project Manager, Kirehe Alice Uwingabiye
Program Coordinator Kate Reynolds-GoochCountry Director Dr. Peter Drobac
Chief Operations Officer Daniel Mungwarakarama
Chief Financial Officer Odile Nzirabatinya
Clinical Director Dr. Sara Stulac
Special Advisor Dr. Oliver Rothschild
Director of Human Resources Adalbert Mfashimana
Director of Medical Education Dr. Corrado Cancedda
EMR Program Director Cheryl Amoroso
Director of Community Health Didi Bertrand Farmer
Director Adult and Specialty Medicine Dr. Gilbert Biraro
Training Manager Ingrid Kamikazi
Director of Research, M&E, Clinical Data Dr. Michael Rich
Director of Pediatrics and Psychosocial Medicine Dr. Felix Rwabukwisi Cyamatare
Director of Women's Health Dr. Jacklin Saint-Fleur
Chief of Infrastructure Bruce Nizeye
Director of Procurement and Logistics Victor Nkurikiyinka
District Project Manager, Kayonza Emmanuel Kamanzi
District Project Manager, Burera Anne Sosin
District Project Manager, Kirehe Alice Uwingabiye
Program Coordinator Kate Reynolds-Gooch



