In Rwanda, building a health system from the ground up ; Dr. Farmer moving mountains againBella English
Rwanda has made impressive strides towards universal health coverage, mainly by providing health insurance to the poor in the informal sector through its community-based health insurance (CBHI), the focus of this article. The scheme, also known by its French name, mutuelles de santé, has made...
239, [41]. Thereupon, the deployment of GHI resources in health systems in an integrated manner has been reported to yield positive results in Malawi, Ethiopia and Rwanda – particularly in relation to skills development and training of HCWs [44]. However, it is essential to augment capability...
(e) campaigns such as “Make Poverty History”; (f) public lectures on the abolition of war, women and development, anti-trafficking and demilitarization; (g) a peacebuilding symposium in Rwanda; (h) presentations to examine the impact of war on youth and to mark the sixtieth anniversary of...
At the summit’s opening ceremony in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator “will be an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market.” Macron told the meeting, which included leaders from Botswana, Rwanda, Senegal, and Ghana in...
“Human-rights-based approaches to health in Latin America,” by Alicia Ely Yamin, Ariel Frisancho, The Lancet, 385(9975), e26-e29, 4 April 2015Abstract and article online. Rwanda: When Abortion is a Crime (Ipas, Sept 2015) [research study based on case summaries and interviews with pr...
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi destroyed the health system in Rwanda. It is impressive that a small country like Rwanda has advanced its health system to the point of now offering near universal health in... Sabin Nsanzimana, Krishna Prabhu, Haley McDermott, Etienne Karita, Jamie I. For...
Global health policy prioritizes improving the health of women and girls, as evident in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multiple women’s health initiatives, and the billions of dollars spent by international donors and national governments to
Here we elaborate on these challenges and outline next steps in Rwanda's rebuilding of its health research system. In the almost 20 years since the installation of Rwanda's new government, there has been a change in the recognition of and support for clinical research and assessment. Before ...
resulting in a high mortality rate. It can change. Rwanda, once synonymous with war, has one of the best healthcare systems in Africa due to the use of digital health services. India is using digital health in combating the TB explosion of 300,000 cases in one year. The exception in Ni...