Sabin Nsanzimana
{{Short description|Rwandan politician}}
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|office = Minister of Health
|president = Paul Kagame
|term_start = November 2022
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|predecessor = Daniel Ngamije
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|office1 = Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre(RBC)
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|party = Rwandan Patriotic Front
|nationality = Rwandan
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Sabin Nsanzimana is a Rwandan epidemiologist, currently serving as the Minister of Health in the Government of Rwanda. He is a former Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).{{Cite web |last=Ashimwe |first=Edwin |date=2022-11-30 |title=Ministers Nsanzimana, Butera sworn in |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/3156/news/politics/ministers-nsanzimana-butera-sworn-in |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=The New Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ngendahimana |first=Sam |date=2022-12-01 |title=In Pictures: Pomp as health ministers are sworn in |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/3206/in-pictures/in-pictures-pomp-as-health-ministers-are-sworn-in |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=The New Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=President Kagame Points Out Double Standards In Dealing With DRC Crisis |url=https://www.ktpress.rw/2022/11/85570-president-kagame-points-out-double-standards-in-dealing-with-drc-crisis/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=KT Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-28 |title=Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana appointed the New Minister of Health |url=https://taarifa.rw/dr-sabin-nsanzimana-appointed-the-new-minister-of-health/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Taarifa Rwanda |language=en-US}}
Education
Nsanzimana attended Minor Seminary Virgo Fidelis and went on to study medicine at the University of Rwanda. He also holds a master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the same University.{{Cite web |title=Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP {{!}} AME |url=https://academicmedicaleducation.com/sabin-nsanzimana-md-msc-phd-frcp |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=academicmedicaleducation.com |language=en}} He completed a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled "Optimizing the Effectiveness for Individual- and Community-Level Outcomes in the Era of Pre-and on ART in Rwanda".{{Cite journal |title=Optimizing the Effectiveness for Individual- and Community-Level Outcomes in the Era of Pre-and on ART in Rwanda |url=https://edoc.unibas.ch/67838/1/PhD%20thesis_Sabin%20Nsanzimana%20_Universty%20of%20Basel%202018%20.pdf |journal=}} Nsanzimana is a respected researcher among Rwandans with a high number of citations.
Career
For the past decade, Nsanzimana worked in the national HIV Program. Before serving as the Director General, Nsanzimana served as the Director of the National HIV Program in Rwanda Biomedical Center. He shortly served as the Director General of the University Teaching Hospital of Butare.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Nsanzimana Appointed CHUB Director General |url=https://www.ktpress.rw/2022/02/dr-nsanzimana-appointed-chub-director-general/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.ktpress.rw}} In November 2022, Nsanzimana was appointed as the new Minister of Health, replacing Dr. Ngamije Daniel.{{Cite web |last=Favour |first=Esther |date=2022-11-28 |title=Sabin Nsanzimana appointed Minister of Health |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/3089/news/politics/sabin-nsanzimana-appointed-minister-of-health |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The New Times |language=en}}
Personal life
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