A5066458438- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Malaria Research and Control
- Leech Biology and Applications
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Parasites and Host Interactions
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2013-2023
Harvard University Press
2015
Harvard University
2012
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2006-2009
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
2007
A global shortage of 4.3 million health professionals poses a major bottleneck to poor people worldwide with regard benefiting from the fruits modern medicine. 1Among existing professionals, there are also staggering inequities in skill levels and geographic distribution. 2-4Unsurprisingly, deepest national gaps human resources for run parallel population-level outcomes. 1ub-Saharan Africa bears 24% burden disease 5 but is served by only 4% workforce. 1The graduate schools region face...
Rwanda's approach to delivering healthcare in a setting of post-conflict poverty offers lessons for other poor countries, say Paul Farmer and colleagues In the immediate aftermath 1994 genocide, which claimed up million lives left two homeless, Rwanda was among poorest countries world.1 Health education systems, already weak limited reach before conflict, lay ruins; less than 5% population had access clean water; banking system collapsed; almost no taxes were collected. Epidemics infectious...
Points• Historically, the impact of many health professional training initiatives in low-income countries has been limited by narrow focus on a small set diseases, inefficient utilization donor funding, inadequate scale up, insufficient emphasis acquisition practical skills, poor alignment with local priorities, and lack coordination.• Fortunately, several innovative have emerged over past five years sub-Saharan Africa.
Background The Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program (HRH Program) is a 7-year (2012-2019) health professional training initiative led by the Government of with goals large, diverse, and competent workforce strengthening capacity academic institutions in Rwanda. Methods data this organizational case study was collected through official reports from Ministry (MoH) 22 participating US institutions, databases MoH College Medicine Sciences (CMHS) Rwanda, surveys completed co-authors. Results...
Malaria is one of the key targets within Goal 6 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), whereby disease needs to be halted and reversed by year 2015. Several other international have been set, however MDGs are universally accepted, hence it focus this manuscript.An assessment was undertaken determine progress South Africa has made against malaria target MDG 6. Data were analyzed for period 2000 until 2010 verified after municipal boundary changes in some Africa's districts subsequent verifying...
A consortium of 22 U.S. academic institutions is currently participating in the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program (HRH Program). Led by Rwandan Ministry and funded both Government Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis Malaria, primary goal this seven-year initiative help train number health professionals necessary reach country's workforce targets. Since 2012, have deployed faculty from a variety health-related disciplines clinical specialties Rwanda. In Article, authors describe...
Following civil war and the Ebola epidemic, Liberia's health workforce was devastated, essential services primary care were disrupted, outcomes for maternal child mortality amongst worst in world. To reverse these trends, government of Liberia developed Health Workforce Program (HWP) Strategy 2015-2021. With goal building a resilient responsive system to ensure access ability respond future crises, this strategy aimed add 6,000 new professionals workforce. In context COVID-19 pandemic, we...
A critical component of building capacity in Liberia's physician workforce involves strengthening the country's only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti School Medicine. Beginning 2015, senior health sector stakeholders Liberia invited faculty and staff from U.S. academic institutions non-governmental organizations to partner with them on improving undergraduate education Liberia. Over subsequent six years, members this partnership came together through an iterative, mutual-learning process...
Leech embryogenesis is a model for investigating cellular and molecular processes of development. Due to the unusually large size embryonic stem cells (teloblasts; 50 - 300 μm) in glossiphoniid leech, Theromyzon tessulatum, presence identifiable cell precursors (proteloblasts), we previously isolated group genes up-regulated upon birth. In current study, show that one these genes, designated Tpr (Theromyzon proliferation), required normal genesis; specifically, transient knockdown...
Recent global health initiatives have focused on improving human capacity in medical education low-resource settings. One example is the Rwanda Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, which pairs US faculty with Rwandan colleagues to train resident physicians. We hypothesized that a survey of trainees would provide an important perspective quality their education. Indirectly, feedback could also assess effectiveness and sustainability HRH program. An expert group designed initial survey,...
Despite major setbacks to its health infrastructure and workforce capacity, Liberia began first post-graduate training program for physicians in 2013. Specialty Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery Obstetrics Gynecology were the four inaugural Residency programs that recruited graduates from country's only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine. The residency was designed combat rising maternal mortality strengthen systems improve care. adapted face challenges posed by...