Niyigena Pierre Celestin

Health | Rwanda

2024 Communities First Global Collaborative Fellow

Niyigena Pierre Celestin

Niyigena Pierre Celestin has 15 years of experience in Public Health-related programs, including program implementation, supervision, clinical training, research, and quality improvement. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Nursing, a bachelor’s degree in public health, a Post Graduate Credit Certificate in Antiretroviral Therapy from the Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, and certificate in Project Management in Global Health from the University of Washington. He is extensively trained in the management of persons living with HIV/AIDS and has completed study tours at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in the United States on management of common illnesses and chronic diseases and hospital organization. He works as a Community Health Base and Education Program Director at Partners In Health-Rwanda, a program which aims to strengthen the services delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs), both in the community and at health centers.