Reaching rural Africans with eye care services: Findings from primary eye care approaches in Rubavu District, Rwanda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 692-696

  Courtright, Paul ^a   Murenzi, Janvier ^b   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^b   Munana, Joseph ^c   Müller, Andreas ^b  

^a Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

^b FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^c Kanombe Military Hospital   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Cataract; Eye diseases; Primary health care; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EYE DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RWANDA;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA;

RWANDA;

EID: 77952247745     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02530.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Chibuga E, Massae P, Geneau R, Mahande M, Lewallen S Courtright P (2008) Acceptance of cataract surgery in a cohort of Tanzanians with operable cataract. Eye 22, 830 833.
2. De Wet M Ackermann L (2000) Improving eye care in the primary health care setting. Curationis 23, 36 42.
3. Geneau R, Lewallen S, Paul I, Bronsard A Courtright P (2005) The social and family dynamics behind the uptake of cataract surgery: findings from Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. The British Journal of Ophthalmology 89, 1399 1402.
4. Manongi RN, Marchant TC Bygbjerg CI (2006) Improving motivation among primary health care workers in Tanzania: a health worker perspective. Human Resources for Health 7, 4 6.
5. Mathenge W, Nkurikiye J, Limburg H Kuper H (2007) Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Western Rwanda: blindness in a postconflict setting. PLoS Medicine 4, e217.
6. Rowe AK, de Savigny D, Lanata CF Victoria CG (2005) How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings? Lancet 366, 1026 1035.
7. Starfield B, Hyde J, Gervas J Heath I (2008) The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62, 580 583.
8. Vaidyanathan K, Limburg H, Foster A Pandey RM (1999) Changing trends in barriers to cataract surgery in India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 77, 104 109. (Pubitemid 29282818)
9. Vialle-Valentin CE, Ross-Degnan D, Ntaganira J Wagner AK (2008) Medicines coverage and community-based health insurance in low-income countries. Health Research Policy and Systems 30, 6 11.