Our Team

Eugene Rugira,MD, MPH is a Clinical Services Director with 12 years of extensive experience as an HIV specialist. He has spent 8 years overseeing HIV Prevention Services for the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), which is an implementation partner for the Rwanda Ministry of Health. Dr. Rugira is well-regarded for his clinical mentorship work and has served as a national trainer for VMMC. He has also played a key role in the development of national health policies and procedures. Dr. Rugira was responsible for rolling out the first Prepex training in Rwanda and Early Infant Male Circumcision (EIMC) using Mogen Clamp when he worked with RBC. He has trained more than 300 VMMC providers and was involved in the redaction of national VMMC training and standards operational procedure manuals. For the past 7 years, Dr. Rugira has trained, supervised, and mentored RDF healthcare providers on HIV prevention, care, and treatment. He has overseen the capacity building of over 600 healthcare providers, counselors, peer educators, and lay counselors. Dr. Rugira has developed a strong working relationship with the RDF, MOH, health facility leadership, and other VMMC stakeholders. Dr. Rugira's main responsibility is to oversee the scale-up of VMMC services in collaboration with RMH and RDF VMMC specialists, other VMMC providers, and health facility leadership. He aims to ensure that VMMC services are provided according to national and international SOPs and follow PEPFAR recommendations. He will also continue to build the capacity of RDF healthcare providers to achieve sustainability. Dr. Rugira holds a Bachelor of General Medicine from the University of Rwanda (2008) and an MPH from the University of Rwanda (2020).