Enhancing Formal Educational and In-service Training Programs in Rural Rwanda: A Partnership Among the Public Sector, a Nongovernmental Organization, and Academia

dc.contributor.authorCancedda, Corrado
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, E. Paul
dc.contributor.authorKyamanywa, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorRiviello, Robert
dc.contributor.authorRhatigan, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Claire M
dc.contributor.authorNgabo, Fidele
dc.contributor.authorManzi, Anatole
dc.contributor.authorDrobac, Peter C
dc.contributor.authorMpunga, Tharcisse
dc.contributor.authorNutt, Cameron T
dc.contributor.authorKakoma, Jean Baptiste
dc.contributor.authorMukherjee, Joia
dc.contributor.authorCortas, Chadi
dc.contributor.authorCondo, Jeanine
dc.contributor.authorNtaganda, Fabien
dc.contributor.authorBukhman, Gene
dc.contributor.authorBinagwaho, Agnes
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-07T10:11:57Z
dc.date.available2022-04-07T10:11:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractGlobal disparities in the distribution, specialization, diversity, and competency of the health workforce are striking. Countries with fewer health professionals have poorer health outcomes compared with countries that have more. Despite major gains in health indicators, Rwanda still suffers from a severe shortage of health professionals.This article describes a partnership launched in 2005 by Rwanda's Ministry of Health with the U.S. nongovernmental organization Partners In Health and with Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The partnership has expanded to include the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Public Health at the National University of Rwanda and other Harvard-affiliated academic medical centers. The partnership prioritizes local ownership and-with the ultimate goals of strengthening health service delivery and achieving health equity for poor and underserved populations-it has helped establish new or strengthen existing formal educational programs (conferring advanced degrees) and in-service training programs (fostering continuing professional development) targeting the local health workforce. Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital have also benefited from the partnership, expanding the opportunities for training and research in global health available to their faculty and trainees.The partnership has enabled Rwandan health professionals at partnership-supported district hospitals to acquire new competencies and deliver better health services to rural and underserved populations by leveraging resources, expertise, and growing interest in global health within the participating U.S. academic institutions. Best practices implemented during the partnership's first nine years can inform similar formal educational and in-service training programs in other low-income countries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCancedda, C., Farmer, P.E., Kyamanywa, P., Riviello, R., Rhatigan, J., Wagner, C.M., Ngabo, F., Anatole, M., Drobac, P.C., Mpunga, T. and Nutt, C.T. (2014). Enhancing formal educational and in-service training programs in rural Rwanda: a partnership among the public sector, a nongovernmental organization, and academia. Academic Medicine, 89(8), pp.1117-1124.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1040-2446
dc.identifier.issn1938-808X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2923
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins , Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, Usa, Pa, 19103en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAcademic Medicine;89(8)
dc.subjectEnhancingen_US
dc.subjectFormal educationalen_US
dc.subjectIn-service training programsen_US
dc.subjectPartnershipen_US
dc.subjectPublic sectoren_US
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizationen_US
dc.subjectAcademiaen_US
dc.subjectRwandaen_US
dc.titleEnhancing Formal Educational and In-service Training Programs in Rural Rwanda: A Partnership Among the Public Sector, a Nongovernmental Organization, and Academiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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