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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 and Innocent Kamali
Global Health: Science and Practice April 2024, 12(2):e2300290; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00290
Robert Tumusime
aPartners In Health-Rwanda/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.
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Wellars Dusingizimana
cMinistry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
dRwinkwavu District Hospital, Kayonza, Rwanda.
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Samuel Hatfield
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Stella Savarimuthu
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Juliana Lawrence
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Pacifique Hagenimana
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Jean Marie Vianney Ngenzi
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hDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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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
Global Health: Science and Practice Apr 2024, 12 (2) e2300290; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00290

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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
Global Health: Science and Practice Apr 2024, 12 (2) e2300290; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00290
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