The human resources for health program in Rwanda—a new partnership

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dc.contributor.authorBinagwaho, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorKyamanywa, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, E. Paul
dc.contributor.authorNuthulaganti, Tej
dc.contributor.authorUmubyeyi, Benoite
dc.contributor.authorNyemazi, Jean Pierre
dc.contributor.authorMugeni, Soline Dusabeyesu
dc.contributor.authorAsiimwe, Anita
dc.contributor.authorNdagijimana, Uzziel
dc.contributor.authorMcPherson, Helen Lamphere
dc.contributor.authorNgirabega, Jean de Dieu
dc.contributor.authorSliney, Anne
dc.contributor.authorUwayezu, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorRusanganwa, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Claire M
dc.contributor.authorNutt, Cameron T
dc.contributor.authorEldon-Edington, Mark
dc.contributor.authorCancedda, Corrado
dc.contributor.authorMagaziner, Ira C
dc.contributor.authorGoosby, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T13:02:05Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T13:02:05Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe 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 ...en_US
dc.identifier.citationBinagwaho, A., Kyamanywa, P., Farmer, P.E., Nuthulaganti, T., Umubyeyi, B., Nyemazi, J.P., Mugeni, S.D., Asiimwe, A., Ndagijimana, U., Lamphere McPherson, H. and Ngirabega, J.D.D. (2013). The human resources for health program in Rwanda—a new partnership. New England Journal of Medicine, 369(21), pp.2054-2059.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0028-4793
dc.identifier.issn1533-4406
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2913
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Medical Societyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNew England Journal of Medicine;369(21)
dc.subjectHuman Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectHealth Programen_US
dc.subjectRwandaen_US
dc.titleThe human resources for health program in Rwanda—a new partnershipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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