Including oral health training in a health system strengthening program in Rwanda

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seymour, Brittany ^a   Muhumuza, Ibra ^b   Mumena, Chris ^b   Isyagi, Moses ^b   Barrow, Jane ^a   Meeks, Valli ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health system strengthening; Interdisciplinary; Oral health; Rwanda; Workforce training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFORCE TRAINING;

HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING; INTERDISCIPLINARY; ORAL HEALTH; RWANDA; WORKFORCE TRAINING;

CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880491486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20109     Document Type: Article

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