Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life

Autor: Sara Stulac, Claire M. Wagner, Cassia van der hoof Holstein, Esperance Ndenga, Peter Drobac, Matthew H. Bonds, Michael P. Murphy, Jean Baptiste Kakoma, Lawrence N. Shulman, Joel Mubiligi, Richard W. Siegler, Celsa Muzayire Gaju, Theophile Dushime, Corine Karema, Antoinette Habinshuti, Hinda Ruton, Joseph Rhatigan, Michael S Wilkes, Christian Ntizimira, Neo Tapela, Lisine Tuyisenge, Vanessa B. Kerry, Cori S. Stern, Corrado Cancedda, Florent Senyana, Nathan Mugume, Ophelia M. Dahl, Yvonne Kayiteshonga, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Fidele Ngabo, Tej Nuthulaganti, Cathy Mugeni, Joia S. Mukherjee, Gene Bukhman, Michel Gasana, Marie Aimee Muhimpundu, Agathe Umutoni, Patrick Kyamanywa, Ida Kankindi, Joseph Shema, Jean de Dieu Ngirabega, Claude Sekabaraga, Jean Baptiste Mazarati, Parfait Uwaliraye, Injonge Karangwa, Vincent Rusanganwa, Didi Bertrand-Farmer, Barbara P. Bush, Elisabetta Pegurri, Placidie Mugwaneza, Erick Gaju, Chunling Lu, Emmanuel Rusingiza, Michael Rich, Sabin Nsanzimana, Maurice Gatera, Thierry Nyatanyi, Agnes Binagwaho, Vincent Mutabazi, JaBaris D. Swain, Etienne Karita, Paul Farmer, Denis Nkunda, Mary C. Smith-Fawzi, Anne Sliney, Alan Ricks, Cameron T Nutt
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Lancet (London, England), vol 384, iss 9940
ISSN: 1474-547X
Popis: Summary Two decades ago, the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda led to the deaths of 1 million people, and the displacement of millions more. Injury and trauma were followed by the effects of a devastated health system and economy. In the years that followed, a new course set by a new government set into motion equity-oriented national policies focusing on social cohesion and people-centred development. Premature mortality rates have fallen precipitously in recent years, and life expectancy has doubled since the mid-1990s. Here we reflect on the lessons learned in rebuilding Rwanda's health sector during the past two decades, as the country now prepares itself to take on new challenges in health-care delivery.
Databáze: OpenAIRE