ANGELINE MUMARARUNGU
Hyde Park,MA
Summary
Seasoned global health professional with extensive experience at the Ministry of Health, excelling in health system strengthening and strategic planning. Proven track record in economic evaluation and capacity building, enhancing patient care, and increasing hospital revenue. Skilled in mixed methods research and mentoring, fostering collaboration for improved health outcomes. Highly skilled and focused Doctoral Research Fellow with a strong background in conducting complex research studies. Demonstrated ability to design, execute, and manage large-scale projects while maintaining rigorous attention to detail. Strengths include robust analytical skills, problem-solving capabilities, and excellent written communication skills. Past work has had significant impact on field of study through breakthrough findings and publications.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Doctoral Research Fellow
Boston University School of Public Health
01.2025 - Current
- Coordinate research projects under the structural determinants of health
- Develop research proposals
- Write grants
- Develop manuscripts for publications and conference presentations
- Onboard and coordinate research assistant students
- Big data analysis for grant writing
- coordinate MPH fellows in the projects
Director of Planning and Health Financing
Ministry of Health
12.2020 - 01.2025
- Responsible for providing technical support, health system strengthening, administration, and staff management.
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Health Financing Policy
- Expand the Fiscal Space for health financing and develop strategies and mechanisms to promote efficiency and equity in using available resources for the health sector.
- Monitor the Health Sector budget annually and ensure its good execution by all Ministry of Health affiliated institutions.
- Manage fifteen health financing staff and supervise ~ two hundred staff from Ministry of Health Affiliated Agencies.
- Ensure the planning process and participation and maximization of inputs from all the Ministry departments and affiliated institutions.
- Monitor the Performance of central and decentralized entities in the health sector.
- Foster the institutional relationship of the Ministry of Health with other partners.
- Foster the health system policies and Regulatory Framework
- Monitor and evaluate regularly the policies related to health and health sector implementation
- Propose actions to develop and uphold the health system's achievement against international standards.
- Analyze the health system policies, strategies, norms, and guidelines to ensure alignment with national and regional policies.
- Develop and manage the national database of policies, protocols, norms, and standards of the health system at all levels.
- Prepare policy briefs, working papers, study findings, and other documents related to health systems.
- Ensure equitable distribution at the national level of activities by stakeholders and partners involved.
- Assess the implementation of policies, protocols, norms, and standards of health Systems components at all levels.
- Evaluating the 2015 Health Policy impact, I participated in its review process Health Policy
- I led and participated in the development of Health Sector Strategic plan 2024-2029
- I worked on the financial analysis and evaluation for the health financing midterm review of Health Sector Strategic Plan Four 2018-2024.
- I led a technical team and participated in pre-implementation assessments to design the context-based model for the provider payment reform in primary health care from fee-for-service payment to a capitation payment mechanism in Rwanda.
- I developed Ministerial Instruction that defines the methodology to review the community-based insurance benefits package in Rwanda.
- I served as a member of the appraisal committee in charge of a community-based insurance benefits package. I lead a cost-effective analysis of cancer treatment in Rwanda, the cost-effectiveness that will inform its inclusion in the benefits package.
- I developed the Ministerial Instruction on credentialing and privileging of health professionals to improve quality health care at primary and secondary hospitals in Rwanda.
- I developed the donated medical products guidelines for public health facilities that facilitated reimbursement of donated medical products in the hospitals by health insurance schemes.
- I am led the technical committee on developing a long-term plan for improving primary health care toward achieving universal health coverage in Rwanda.
- Led the design and implementation of Rwanda's One Health policy.
- Participated in the preparation short courses for health economics with the University of Rwanda, Africa CDC, and established a center of excellence for health economics in Rwanda.
Director General
Rutongo Hospital at Ministry of Health Rwanda
09.2019 - 12.2020
- A hospital Director General is primarily in charge of coordinating hospital activities and managing medical professionals, ensuring smooth workflow and efficient patient care.
- Improved patient care by decreasing patient turnaround time in the hospital from one hour to thirty minutes. Increased patient satisfaction was observed through suggestion box feedback.
- Increased hospital on-job clinical training and work, which improved the quality of care to patients
- Developed and implemented hospital strategy to increase hospital revenue sources from twenty million Rwandan francs per month to thirty million Rwanda francs per month
- Created a conducive environment for non-government agencies to support different hospital projects that extended into the community
- Developed and implemented integrated health center supervision and improved the community quality of health care provided to patients
- Improved patient care by decreasing patient turnaround time in the hospital from one hour to thirty minutes. Increased patient satisfaction was assessed by suggestion box feedback from the hospital and the patient satisfaction surveys.
- Increased hospital on-job clinical training and work, which improved the quality of care to patients
- Developed and implemented hospital strategy to increase hospital revenue sources from twenty million Rwandan francs per month to thirty million Rwanda francs per month
- Created a conducive environment for non-government agencies to support different hospital projects that extended into the community
- Developed and implemented integrated health center supervision and improved the community quality of health care provided to patients
Health program manager
Gardens for Health International
Kigali, Rwanda
08.2014 - 09.2019
- The Health Program Manager's role was to lead multi-sectoral / public health assessments, project planning, management, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment, capacity building, procurement, and technical support at the field level.
- Manage one hundred staff (100 staff), including five office staff and most field staff.
- Manage health department budget of ~ fifty million annually.
- Worked as the point person at the organization level to represent the organization on the nutrition and food technical working group (NFTWG) of the Ministry of Health Rwanda.
- Oversee Gasabo program health activities and report to the district every quarter.
- Offered capacity building and supervised 100 staff, including program coordinators, field supervisors, and field health trainers.
- Facilitate program participants to attain the health care they need at the district hospitals in Musanze and Gasabo through case management.
- Oversee the successful delivery of health training in GHI’s implementation areas.
- Advocate for the most vulnerable families in the programs to get health insurance (MUTUELLE) and related medical and social support at cell, sector, and district levels.
- Follow up with program participants to monitor behavior change
- Strengthened government relationships among partner health centers and districts in the program catchment areas.
- Monitor the usage of the first aid box at GHI and recommend treatment for GHI staff.
- Work as a consultant to the organization to make the right treatment decisions, cater to all staff medical-related conditions, and advice on the referral process needed.
- Developed the One Pot One Hour training module, which was adopted by the Government of Rwanda and shared with community Health Workers all over Rwanda and included in the Ministry of Education school curriculum.
- Manage a department budget of $57,230 (approximately RWF 51,507,000)
- Developed and implemented community-based cooking demonstration training for community health workers in 432 villages of Musanze and 134 villages in Gasabo Districts.
- Developed health and nutrition training for program delivery in the community
- Developed and led health and nutrition capacity-building training for nurses, community health workers in charge, and nutritionists for Ruhengeri District Hospital.
- Led a nutrition project in partnership with Save the Children to train 350 Burundian refugees in the Mahama refugee camp.
- Led Gardens for Health partnership with Gasabo District Health Unit to carry out a malnutrition campaign in the 15 sectors of Gasabo
- Developed nutrition training modules for the World Food Program (WFP) Home Grown School Feeding Program, taught to students in 104 primary schools in Rwanda’s south and west provinces.
- Developed and led men’s engagement workshops on malnutrition prevention and awareness in the first 1,000 days of life across four sectors in the Gasabo district.
- Developed and implemented antenatal care and reproductive education in Musanze and Gasabo districts in over 19 health centers.
- Did nutritional analysis for food items used in community-level cooking demonstrations that informed the program.
Education
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) - Leadership, Management, and Policy
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA08.2029
Master of Sciences - Global Health Delivery
University of Global Health Equity
Kigali, Rwanda05.2017
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - Medicine
University of Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda09.2014
Skills
- Fluent in English
- Proficient in French
- Health activities, planning, and costing
- Health sector strategic plan development and implementation
- One health policy development and implementation
- Health priority setting
- Economic evaluation
- Health insurance design and implementation
- Health benefits package design and implementation
- Development of training materials and modules
- Teaching and lecturing
- Mixed methods research designs
- Skills in community organizing and social mobilization for health
- Capacity building
- Training
- Mentoring
- Coaching skills
- Statistical software: Stata
- Statistical software: SPSS
- Quantitative data analysis
- Qualitative data analysis
- Computer literacy: Microsoft Word
- Computer literacy: PowerPoint
- Computer literacy: Excel
- Computer literacy: Outlook
Conference Presentations
- Organized and lead panel discussions in the Rwanda National health financing dialogue, Kigali, 11/01/23
- Presented the outcomes of the Rwanda National Health Financing Dialogue in 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023), 2023
- Presentation on Rwanda Community Based Health insurance, lessons learned, the panel discussion at One PIH regional workshop, Rwinkwavu, 08/01/22
- Coordinated and presented for Rwanda Hub for the 13th International Society for Priorities in Health Conference, Bergen, 04/01/22
- Panel presentation and discussion on the role of policymakers in evidence production, Kigali, 03/01/22
- Presented Rwanda’s progress on domestic resource mobilization for research and development (R&D) at the East Africa Regional Forum on Promoting Advocacy for Domestic Financing of Health Research, 01/21/22
- Presentation on private sector engagement in the Health Sector in Rwanda, Dubai, 01/01/22
- Presented Rwanda’s progress on domestic resource mobilization for health financing at the African leadership meeting on sustainable health financing, Nairobi, 09/01/21
Poster Presentations
Commitments, policies, and strategies to eliminate malnutrition, 4th Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) conference, Kigali, Rwanda, 06/01/19
Teaching And Capacity Building Experiences
- Adjunct lecturer, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Executive Education Training program, University of Global Health Equity Rwanda, 2021, Present
- Mentor, Africa Observatory Health Platform for Policy brief research, 2021, 06/30/22
- Supervisor, Ministry of Health, Supported 13 health centers in rural district hospital catchment areas to provide quality health care services, 09/01/19, 12/31/20
- Trainer, Gardens for Health International, Developed health and nutrition training for trainers of trainers and health educators, 12/01/14, 09/30/19
Committee Memberships
- Rwanda Medical and Dental Council (RMDC)
- International Aids Society (IAS)
- International Conference on Aids and sexually transmitted diseases in Africa (ICASA)
- WHO Health Financing Team
- WHO Health Financing Progress Matrix Network
- Joint Learning and Exchange Network
- Advisory Board member Gardens for Health International
Professional Training Courses
- 05/01/23, Leadership, Management, and governance training course, University of Strathmore
- 06/01/22, Health Financing and leadership training, University of Global Health Equity
- 05/01/21, Strategic purchasing, Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center
- 03/01/21, Advanced course on Health Financing for UHC, World Health Organization
- 03/01/21, Introduction to Health Technology assessment, University of Singapore
- 01/01/12, Certificate in Logical Framework and project management, Danish Youth Council
- 01/01/12, Certificate in International Cultural exchange and project management, Danish Youth Council
- 12/01/11, Certificate in reproductive health and family planning, Rwanda-Denmark project training
- 12/01/11, Certificate in financial management, Rwanda Institute of Management
- 07/01/11, Certificate in nutrition, hygiene, and maternal health care, UNICEF
- 1/21/2025-12/4/2025, Emerging Women Leaders Fellowship at Boston University
Publications
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Rwanda, Stella M. Umuhoza, Sabine F. Musange, Alypio Nyandwi, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Angeline Mumararungu, Regis Hitimana, Alexis Rulisa Parfait Uwaliraye, 2022
- Paving the road for the institutionalization of a national priority setting mechanism to advance UHC, Kahsu Bekuretsion, Parfait Uwaliraye, Angeline Mumararungu, Alexis Rulisa, Siyabonga Ndwandwe, Regis Hitimana, 2022
- Patterns of Injury at Two University Teaching Hospitals in Rwanda: Baseline Injury Epidemiology Using the Rwanda Injury Registry, RT. Petroze, A. Mumararungu, V. Ndayiragije, G. Ntakiyiruta, P. Kyamanywa, J. Reid, JF. Calland, JC. Byiringiro, 2014
- Enabling Access to Medical and Health Education in Rwanda Using Mobile Technology: Needs Assessment for the Development of Mobile Medical Educator Apps, Jean Christophe Rusatira, MD; Brian Tomaszewski, PhD; Vincent Dusabejambo, MD, MMed; Vincent Ndayiragije; Snedden Gonsalves, MSc; Aishwarya Sawant, MSc; Angeline Mumararungu, MD; George Gasana, MD; Etienne Amendezo MD, MMed; Anne Haake PhD; Leon Mutesa, MD, PhD, 2016
- Evaluating the access and utilization of eyecare services after the adoption of eyecare PBF and its financial sustainability: the case of Rwanda: James Humuza, Thierry Claudien Uhawenimana, Jean Bosco Ndayambaje, Stella Umuhoza Matutina, Tiva Kananura, Janvier Mungarulire, Theoneste Mutsindashyaka, Hassan Mugabo, Emmanuel Ntawuyirusha, Angeline Mumararungu, Ntagara Ngabo Donatien, Henry Mwangi, Caroline Ndolo & Mohamed Semakula
Honors And Awards
- Full tuition scholarship, Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program, Boston University, 09/01/24, 08/31/29
- Paid medical leave, Examination of access, racial and ethnic disparities and implications on maternal health in Massachusetts, Boston University, 09/01/24, 08/31/26
- Full Scholarship, Master of Sciences in Global Health Delivery, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwanda, 09/01/15, 05/31/17
- Presidential Full Tuition Scholarship, Undergraduate Medical School, University of Rwanda, 09/01/09, 06/30/14
- Summer in the Field by Global Development Policy Center at Boston University May-August 2025
Research
- Evaluating access and utilization of eyecare services after adoption of eyecare PBF and Implications for financial sustainability, Rwanda, 05/01/24, 5/28/2025
- Cost-effective assessment for cancer treatment in Rwanda, 08/01/21, 12/31/24
- Functional analysis of strategic purchasing for health care in Rwanda, 10/01/21, 06/30/22
- Master of Science thesis/practicum research, 12/01/15, 05/31/17
- Undergraduate research, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery thesis project, 01/01/13, 05/31/14
Timeline
Doctoral Research Fellow
Boston University School of Public Health
01.2025 - Current
Director of Planning and Health Financing
Ministry of Health
12.2020 - 01.2025
Director General
Rutongo Hospital at Ministry of Health Rwanda
09.2019 - 12.2020
Health program manager
Gardens for Health International
08.2014 - 09.2019
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) - Leadership, Management, and Policy
Boston University School of Public Health
Master of Sciences - Global Health Delivery
University of Global Health Equity
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - Medicine
University of Rwanda