South-to-south collaboration to strengthen the health workforce: the case of paediatric cardiac surgery in Rwanda
Paediatric cardiovascular diseases have been referred to as diseases of injustice as access to care is inequitable globally. For example, Africa only has 78 cardiac centres, with 22 located in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of these centres rely on visiting surgical teams to provide clinical care. While visiting surgical teams provide essential care, building a sustainable and locally run cardiac workforce in Africa is critical to addressing these inequities in access to care. This paper considers the role of south-to-south partnerships in building sustainable surgical programmes using Rwanda's paediatric cardiac surgery programme as an example.
Authors
- Zerihun Abebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8997-810X)
- Yayehyirad Ejigu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-5534)
- Gaston Nyirigira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-0495)
- Yvan Butera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-2384)
- Emmanuel Rusingiza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2296-7645)
- Valerie W. Rusch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-6900)
- Augustin Sendegeya
- Menelas Nkeshimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3573-8075)
- David J. Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3607-3423)
- Abebe Bekele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-8712)
- Kara L. Neil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2586-0974)
- Roda Uwayesu
- Bertrand Byishimo
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (RW)
- Rwanda Military Hospital (RW)
- University of Global Health Equity (RW)
- Ministry of Health (RW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015649
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Health and Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63