Browsing by Author "Drobac, Peter"

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    • Baseline assessment of adult and adolescent primary care delivery in Rwanda: an opportunity for quality improvement 

      Vasan, Ashwin; Anatole, Manzi; Mezzacappa, Catherine; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany L; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Nkikabahizi, Fulgence; Hagenimana, Marc; Ndayisaba, Aphrodis; Cyamatare, Felix R; Nzeyimana, Bonaventure; Drobac, Peter; Gupta, Neil (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: As resource-limited health systems evolve to address complex diseases, attention must be returned to basic primary care delivery. Limited data exists detailing the quality of general adult and adolescent primary ...

    • Comprehensive and integrated district health systems strengthening: the Rwanda Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnership 

      Drobac, Peter C; Basinga, Paulin; Condo, Jeanine; Farmer, Paul E; Finnegan, Karen E; Hamon, Jessie K; Amoroso, Cheryl; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Kakoma, Jean Baptise; Lu, Chunling; Murangwa, Yusuf; Murray, Megan; Ngabo, Fidele; Rich, Michael; Thomson, Dana; Binagwaho, Agnes (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Nationally, health in Rwanda has been improving since 2000, with considerable improvement since 2005. Despite improvements, rural areas continue to lag behind urban sectors with regard to key health outcomes. ...

    • Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda 

      Nsabuwera, Vincent; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany; Khogali, Mohammed; Edginton, Mary; Hinderaker, Sven G; Nisingizwe, Marie Paul; Tihabyona, Jean de Dieu; Sikubwabo, Benoit; Sembagare, Samuel; Habinshuti, Antoinette; Drobac, Peter (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
      Objective: Determining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for development practitioners and decision ...

    • Pursuing equity in cancer care: implementation, challenges and preliminary findings of a public cancer referral center in rural Rwanda 

      Tapela, Neo M.; Mpunga, Tharcisse; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany; Moore, Molly; Mpanumusingo, Egide; Xu, Mary Jue; Nzayisenga, Ignace; Hategekimana, Vedaste; Umuhizi, Denis Gilbert; Pace, Lydia E.; Bigirimana, Jean Bosco; Wang, JingJing; Driscoll, Caitlin; Uwizeye, Frank R.; Drobac, Peter C.; Ngoga, Gedeon; Shyirambere, Cyprien; Muhayimana, Clemence; Lehmann, Leslie; Shulman, Lawrence N. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Cancer services are inaccessible in many low-income countries, and few published examples describe oncology programs within the public sector. In 2011, the Rwanda Ministry of Health (RMOH) established Butaro ...

    • Race to the Top: evaluation of a novel performance-based financing initiative to promote healthcare delivery in rural Rwanda 

      Nahimana, Evrard; McBain, Ryan; Manzi, Anatole; Iyer, Hari; Uwingabiye, Alice; Gupta, Neil; Muzungu, Gerald; Drobac, Peter; Hirschhorn, Lisa R. (Co-Action Publishing, 2016)
      Background: Performance-based financing (PBF) has demonstrated a range of successes and failures in improving health outcomes across low- and middle-income countries. Evidence indicates that the success of PBF depends, in ...

    • Rwanda’s evolving community health worker system: a qualitative assessment of client and provider perspectives 

      Condo, Jeanine; Mugeni, Catherine; Naughton, Brienna; Hall, Kathleen; Tuazon, Maria Antonia; Omwega, Abiud; Nwaigwe, Friday; Drobac, Peter; Hyder, Ziauddin; Ngabo, Fidele; Binagwaho, Agnes (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Community health workers (CHWs) can play important roles in primary health care delivery, particularly in settings of health workforce shortages. However, little is known about CHWs’ perceptions of barriers and ...

    • Shared learning in an interconnected world: innovations to advance global health equity 

      Binagwaho, Agnes; Nutt, Cameron T; Mutabazi, Vincent; Karema, Corine; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Gasana, Michel; Drobac, Peter C; Rich, Michael L; Uwaliraye, Parfait; Nyemazi, Jean Pierre; Murphy, Michael R; Wagner, Claire M; Makaka, Andrew; Ruton, Hinda; Mody, Gita N; Zurovcik, Danielle R; Niconchuk, Jonathan A; Mugeni, Cathy; Ngabo, Fidele; Ngirabega, Jean de Dieu; Asiimwe, Anita; Farmer, Paul E (BioMed Central, 2013)
      The notion of “reverse innovation”--that some insights from low-income countries might offer transferable lessons for wealthier contexts--is increasingly common in the global health and business strategy literature. Yet ...