Rwanda 20 Years on: Investing in Life
Date
2014Author
Binagwaho, Agnes
Farmer, E. Paul
Nsanzimana, Sabin
Karema, Corine
Gasana, Michel
Ngirabega, Jean de Dieu
Ngabo, Fidele
Wagner, Claire M
Nutt, Cameron T
Nyatanyi, Thierry
Gatera, Maurice
Kayiteshonga, Yvonne
Mugeni, Cathy
Mugwaneza, Placidie
Shema, Joseph
Uwaliraye, Parfait
Gaju, Erick
Muhimpundu, Marie Aimee
Dushime, Theophile
Senyana, Florent
Mazarati, Jean Baptiste
Gaju, Cesla Muzayire
Tuyisenge, Lisine
Mutabazi, Vincent
Kyamanywa, Patrick
Rusanganwa, Vincent
Nyemazi, Jean Pierre
Umutoni, Agathe
Kankindi, Ida
Ntizimira, Christian
Ruton, Hinda
Mugume, Nathan
Nkunda, Denis
Ndenga, Espérance
Mubiligi, Joel M
Kakoma, Jean Baptiste
Karita, Etienne
Sekabaraga, Claude
Rusingiza, Emmanuel
Rich, Michael L
Mukherjee, Joia S
Rhatigan, Joseph
Cancedda, Corrado
Bertrand-Farmer, Didi
Bukhman, Gene
Stulac, Sara N
Tapela, Neo M
Holstein, Cassia van der Hoof
Shulman, Lawrence N
Habinshuti, Antoinette
Bonds, Matthew H
Wilkes, Michael S
Lu, Chunling
Smith-Fawzi, Mary C
Swain, JaBaris D
Murphy, Michael P
Ricks, Alan
Kerry, Vanessa B
Bush, Barbara P
Siegler, Richard W
Stern, Cori S
Sliney, Anne
Nuthulaganti, Tej
Karangwa, Injonge
Pegurri, Elisabetta
Dahl, Ophelia
Drobac, Peter C
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Two decades ago, the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda led to the deaths of 1 million people, and the displacement of millions more. Injury and trauma were followed by the effects of a devastated health system and economy. In the years that followed, a new course set by a new government set into motion equity-oriented national policies focusing on social cohesion and people-centred development. Premature mortality rates have fallen precipitously in recent years, and life expectancy has doubled since the mid-1990s. Here we reflect on the lessons learned in rebuilding Rwanda’s health sector during the past two decades, as the country now prepares itself to take on new challenges in health-care delivery.
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