Shared learning in an interconnected world: Innovations to advance global health equity

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Binagwaho, Agnes ^a,b,c   Nutt, Cameron T ^d   Mutabazi, Vincent ^e   Karema, Corine ^e   Nsanzimana, Sabin ^e   Gasana, Michel ^e   Drobac, Peter C ^b,f,g   Rich, Michael L ^b,f,g   Uwaliraye, Parfait ^a   Nyemazi, Jean Pierre ^e   Murphy, Michael R ^h   Wagner, Claire M ⁱ   Makaka, Andrew ^a   Ruton, Hinda ^a   Mody, Gita N ^g   Zurovcik, Danielle R ^j   Niconchuk, Jonathan A ^b,f   Mugeni, Cathy ^a   Ngabo, Fidele ^a   Ngirabega, Jean de Dieu ^e   Asiimwe, Anita ^a   Farmer, Paul E ^b,f,g   more..

^a Ministry of Health of Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^e RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^f PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MASS Design Group   (United States)

ⁱ Global Health Delivery Partnership   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; COOPERATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RWANDA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84883176560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-37     Document Type: Note

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