Dr Gallican Nshogoza Rwibasira

Dr Gallican is the Head of National HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis Programs and the Division Manager for HIV, STIs, and viral hepatitis at the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, the public health implementing body of the Rwanda Ministry of Health. With over a decade of experience, he has been instrumental in creating and executing strategies to reduce HIV and STI transmission among high-risk populations. His work includes significant operational and clinical research to support evidence-based decision-making in public health programs.

He earned a medical degree, a Master's in epidemiology, and is pursuing a PhD in public health and epidemiology from the University of Basel, Switzerland. Previously, Dr Gallican worked with ICAP at Columbia University as the Project Manager for HIV Case-Based Surveillance (CBS) and a Senior Study Coordinator for the Rwanda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey (RPHIA) of 2018–2019, and has worked as a clinician in diverse hospital settings. He actively participates in various national and regional technical working groups to implement HIV, STIs, and hepatitis programs.