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Rwanda : Partners in health guide to chronic care integration for endemic NCDs
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Partners in health guide to chronic care integration for endemic NCDs – Rwanda edition
Authors: Bukhman,Gene
Produced by: Partners in Health (2011)
This guide, published by Partners in Health, is written for district-level health care providers and policy makers dealing with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in rural Rwanda or similar settings.
The guide is focused mainly on ambulatory care performed by advance nurses, clinical officers, and generalist physicians. It describes protocols focused on the essential internventions often deemed too complex to be delivered to the rural poor as well as comprehensive technical strategies shown to be both effective and efficient for managing chronic disease.
Based on the experiences and collaboration between Rwandan and international health specialists over four years, this guide covers the following topics:
- integration of chronic care services in Rwanda.
- palliative care and chronic care.
- role of community health workers, family planning, mental health, and social services in the treatment of chronic disease.
- heart failure.
- cardiac surgery screening, referral, anticoagulation, and postoperative management.
- chronic kidney disease.
- diabetes.
- hypertension.
- rheumatic heart disease prevention.
- chronic respiratory disease.
- epilepsy.
According to the authors, this manual offers a starting point for the creation of a system of care for non-communicable diseases: one blueprint for fulfilling , in Rwanda, an essential part of a fundamental human right.
PDF available online at:Â Partners in health guide to chronic care integration for endemic NCDs – Rwanda edition
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