Reduced premature mortality in Rwanda: Lessons from success

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7894, 2013, Pages

  Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,c   Nutt, Cameron T ^d   Wagner, Claire M ^e   Sekabaraga, Claude ^f   Nuthulaganti, Tej ^g   Weigel, Jonathan L ^h   Bertrand, Didi ^c   Habinshuti, Antoinette ^c   Mugeni, Soline Dusabeyesu ^c   Karasi, Jean Claude ⁱ   Drobac, Peter C ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^e Global Health Delivery Partnership   (United States)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

^g CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FOOD INSECURITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK REDUCTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; RWANDA; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; RWANDA;

EID: 84873678804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f65     Document Type: Article

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