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Health innovations. Improving healthcare in Rwanda /

In 2008, there was just one doctor serving 350,000 people in Rwanda's Burera district and the health statistics were among the worst in the country. The newly opened Butaro hospital is the central pillar of a public health system that serves the entire community. The aim is to ensure that no on...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Health services accessibility > Rwanda.
Community health services > Rwanda.
Hospitals > Rwanda.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > Rwanda.
Hôpitaux > Rwanda.
Community health services
Health services accessibility
Hospitals
Rwanda
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In 2008, there was just one doctor serving 350,000 people in Rwanda's Burera district and the health statistics were among the worst in the country. The newly opened Butaro hospital is the central pillar of a public health system that serves the entire community. The aim is to ensure that no one is more than an hour's walk from a health centre and that, in an emergency, patients can be transferred quickly to the district hospital.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:16