1. Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life
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Binagwaho, Agnes, Farmer, Paul E, Nsanzimana, Sabin, Karema, Corine, Gasana, Michel, de Dieu Ngirabega, Jean, Ngabo, Fidele, Wagner, Claire M, Nutt, Cameron T, Nyatanyi, Thierry, Gatera, Maurice, Kayiteshonga, Yvonne, Mugeni, Cathy, Mugwaneza, Placidie, Shema, Joseph, Uwaliraye, Parfait, Gaju, Erick, Muhimpundu, Marie Aimee, Dushime, Theophile, Senyana, Florent, Mazarati, Jean Baptiste, Gaju, Celsa Muzayire, Tuyisenge, Lisine, Mutabazi, Vincent, Kyamanywa, Patrick, Rusanganwa, Vincent, Nyemazi, Jean Pierre, Umutoni, Agathe, Kankindi, Ida, Ntizimira, Christian, Ruton, Hinda, Mugume, Nathan, Nkunda, Denis, Ndenga, Espérance, Mubiligi, Joel M, Kakoma, Jean Baptiste, Karita, Etienne, Sekabaraga, Claude, Rusingiza, Emmanuel, Rich, Michael L, Mukherjee, Joia S, Rhatigan, Joseph, Cancedda, Corrado, Bertrand-Farmer, Didi, Bukhman, Gene, Stulac, Sara N, Tapela, Neo M, van der Hoof Holstein, Cassia, Shulman, Lawrence N, Habinshuti, Antoinette, Bonds, Matthew H, Wilkes, Michael S, Lu, Chunling, Smith-Fawzi, Mary C, Swain, JaBaris D, Murphy, Michael P, Ricks, Alan, Kerry, Vanessa B, Bush, Barbara P, Siegler, Richard W, Stern, Cori S, Sliney, Anne, Nuthulaganti, Tej, Karangwa, Injonge, Pegurri, Elisabetta, Dahl, Ophelia, and Drobac, Peter C
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Generic health relevance ,Good Health and Well Being ,Child ,Child Mortality ,Delivery of Health Care ,Genocide ,HIV Infections ,Health Policy ,Humans ,Rwanda ,Tuberculosis ,Pulmonary ,Warfare ,Medical and Health Sciences ,General & Internal Medicine - Abstract
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.
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- 2014