Implementation and Cost Analysis of a Novel Silicosis Case-Finding Program For Mine Workers in Rural Rwanda

Robert Tumusime; Michael S. Miller; Anne Niyigena; Symaque Dusabeyezu; Pierrot Uwitonze; Emmanuel Harerimana; Grace Umugiraneza; Wellars Dusingizimana; Samuel Hatfield; Stella Savarimuthu; Juliana Lawrence; Pacifique Hagenimana; Jean Marie Vianney Ngenzi; Aristarque Murara; Phoebe Mwiseneza; Paul Sonenthal; Vincent K. Cubaka; Fredrick Kateera; Innocent Kamali

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00290

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vol. 12 no. 2 e2300290

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00290

PubMed

38485283

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Global Health: Science and Practice

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2169-575X

History

Received: September 8, 2023
Accepted: February 27, 2024
Published online April 29, 2024.

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Robert Tumusime^a,^*,
Michael S. Miller^b,^*⇑,
Anne Niyigena^a,
Symaque Dusabeyezu^a,
Pierrot Uwitonze^a,
Emmanuel Harerimana^a,
Grace Umugiraneza^a,
Wellars Dusingizimana^c,^d,
Samuel Hatfield^e,
Stella Savarimuthu^f,
Juliana Lawrence^b,
Pacifique Hagenimana^a,
Jean Marie Vianney Ngenzi^g,
Aristarque Murara^g,
Phoebe Mwiseneza^c,^d,
Paul Sonenthal^h,ⁱ,^j,
Vincent K. Cubaka^a,
Fredrick Kateera^a,
Innocent Kamali^a

^aPartners In Health-Rwanda/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.
^bDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
^cMinistry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
^dRwinkwavu District Hospital, Kayonza, Rwanda.
^eDepartment of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
^fDepartment of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA.
^gWolfram Mining and Processing Ltd, Kigali, Rwanda.
^hDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
ⁱHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
^jPartners In Health, Boston, MA, USA.