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    The human resources for health program in Rwanda—a new partnership
    (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2013) Binagwaho Agnes; Kyamanywa Patrick; Farmer E. Paul; Nuthulaganti Tej; Umubyeyi Benoite; Nyemazi Jean Pierre; Mugeni Soline Dusabeyesu; Asiimwe Anita; Ndagijimana Uzziel; McPherson Helen Lamphere; Ngirabega Jean de Dieu; Sliney Anne; Uwayezu Agnes; Rusanganwa Vincent; Wagner Claire M; Nutt Cameron T; Eldon-Edington Mark; Cancedda Corrado; Magaziner Ira C; Goosby Eric
    The authors discuss the Human Resources for Health Program, which is working to improve the quality and quantity of health professionals in Rwanda by means of sustained collaborations with U.S. schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and public health. A global shortage of 4.3 million health professionals poses a major bottleneck to poor people worldwide with regard to benefiting from the fruits of modern medicine.(1) Among existing health professionals, there are also staggering inequities in skill levels and geographic distribution.(2)-(4) Unsurprisingly, the deepest national gaps in human resources for health run parallel to poor population-level health outcomes.(1) Sub-Saharan Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease(5) but is served by only 4% of the global health workforce.(1) The health graduate schools in the region face overwhelming financial, infrastructural, and personnel constraints, limiting their ability to address the ...
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    Rwanda 20 Years on: Investing in Life
    (Elsevier Science Inc , Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, Usa, Ny, 10169, 2014) 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
    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.