Improving district facility readiness: A 12-month evaluation of a data-driven health systems strengthening intervention in rural Rwanda

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Iyer, Hari S ^a,b   Kamanzi, Emmanuel ^a   Mugunga, Jean Claude ^a   Finnegan, Karen ^c   Uwingabiye, Alice ^a   Shyaka, Edward ^a   Niyonzima, Saleh ^d   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^b,e,f   Drobac, Peter C ^a,b  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Health systems strengthening; Impact evaluation; Resource allocation; rural; Rwanda; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84949679202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28365     Document Type: Article

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