The All Babies Count Initiative: Impact of a Health System Improvement Approach on Neonatal Care and Outcomes in Rwanda

Hema Magge; Evrard Nahimana; Jean Claude Mugunga; Fulgence Nkikabahizi; Elisabeth Tadiri; Felix Sayinzoga; Anatole Manzi; Merab Nyishime; Francois Biziyaremye; Hari Iyer; Bethany Hedt-Gauthier; Lisa R. Hirschhorn

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The All Babies Count Initiative: Impact of a Health System Improvement Approach on Neonatal Care and Outcomes in Rwanda

Hema Magge, Evrard Nahimana, Jean Claude Mugunga, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Elisabeth Tadiri, Felix Sayinzoga, Anatole Manzi, Merab Nyishime, Francois Biziyaremye, Hari Iyer, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Lisa R. Hirschhorn

Global Health: Science and Practice October 2020, 8(3):505-517; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00031

Hema Magge

aDivision of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

bDivision of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

cPartners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.

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Evrard Nahimana

cPartners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.

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Jean Claude Mugunga

dPartners In Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Fulgence Nkikabahizi

eMinistry of Health, Government of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

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Elisabeth Tadiri

fCenter for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Felix Sayinzoga

eMinistry of Health, Government of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

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Anatole Manzi

dPartners In Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Merab Nyishime

cPartners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.

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Francois Biziyaremye

cPartners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.

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Hari Iyer

gDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

hDepartment of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Lisa R. Hirschhorn

iDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

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