Diane Gashumba is the Minister of Health in the Republic of Rwanda and has been since October 4, 2016. Prior to this position, she served as the minister of gender and family promotion from March 29, 2016. Gashumba is a pediatrician by profession bringing 17 years' experience in global maternal, newborn and child health with focus to gender issues. She worked with USAID-funded Rwanda Family Health Project as senior team leader for quality and as deputy chief of party focusing on improving the quality of and access to services in maternal, child and newborn health, family planning, reproductive health, HIV, nutrition, malaria and gender equality.