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:

Medical Director for Rwinkwavu Hospital – Dr. Adolphe Karamaga
Chief of Medical Staff – Dr. Jean Bosco Niyonzima
Director of Women's Health Services – Dr. Damascene Niyonzima
Head of Nursing, Rwinkwavu Hospital – Modest Harelimana
Director of Social Work – Alice Nyirimana
Head Nurse, HIV Initiative – Peter Celestine Niyigena
Director of the Program on Social and Economic Rights – Bruce Nizeye
Director of PIH Food Programs – Walter Kabagambe Innocent
Data Manager – Patrick Manyika
Education Coordinator – James Hagazana
PIH Country Director – Dr. Michael Rich
PIH Medical Director – Dr. Henry Epino
PIH Director of Pediatric Programs – Dr. Sara Stulac
PIH Program Manager – Daniel Mungwarakarama
Director of Human Resources – Juliette Muzaire
Chief Financial Officer – Nzirabatinya Odile