Jacques Sebisaho

Biography

Jacques Sebisaho is from the island of Idjwi, on Lake Kivu between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. While the remote island has largely been untouched by direct conflict in the region, Idjwi has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the world and a life expectancy of just 25 years. A doctor by training, Sebisaho is building a health care system to change that. His organization, Amani Global Works, is pioneering a primary health care model that develops hospitals, clinics, and community-health outreach programs that save lives by bringing treatment to the people who need it most.
He is an Emerson Collective Dial Fellow, a Harvard School of Public Health Bernard Lown Scholar, an Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, and a Rainer Arnhold Fellow.