Development of emergency medicine in Rwanda

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Kabeza, Antoine Bahati ^a   George, Naomi ^b   Nyundo, Martin ^a   Levine, Adam C ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Education; Emergency; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DECENTRALIZATION; DENTIST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FATALITY; FLOODING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG INFECTION; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN TETANUS; NURSE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REINFORCEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RWANDA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLCANO; WAR;

EID: 84882962626     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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