Reduced premature mortality in Rwanda: lessons from success

Paul E Farmer, Cameron T Nutt, Claire M Wagner, Claude Sekabaraga, Tej Nuthulaganti, Jonathan L Weigel, Didi Bertrand Farmer, Antoinette Habinshuti, Soline Dusabeyesu Mugeni, Jean-Claude Karasi, Peter C Drobac, Paul E Farmer, Cameron T Nutt, Claire M Wagner, Claude Sekabaraga, Tej Nuthulaganti, Jonathan L Weigel, Didi Bertrand Farmer, Antoinette Habinshuti, Soline Dusabeyesu Mugeni, Jean-Claude Karasi, Peter C Drobac

Abstract

Rwanda’s approach to delivering healthcare in a setting of post-conflict poverty offers lessons for other poor countries, say Paul Farmer and colleagues

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE unified declaration form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: CS and JCK have worked for the Ministry of Health of Rwanda. All authors have collaborated with the Ministry of Health of Rwanda on other research initiatives. No current employee of the Rwandan Ministry of Health or other governmental entity read the manuscript prior to publication.

Figures

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Fig 1 Uptake of maternal and child health interventions in Rwanda, 2000–10
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Fig 2 Mortality among children up to age 5 years, 1990-2011
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Fig 3 Global health expenditure and annual reductions in child mortality from 2000 to 2011 (includes only countries with population >500 000)

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