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Strategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in Rwanda

Daniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-Brown
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
Daniel Josef Lindegger
aUniversity of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Egide Abahuje
bFeinberg Medical School, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
cUniversity of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Kenneth Ruzindana
cUniversity of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Elizabeth Mwachiro
dTenwek Mission Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano
eRwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Wendy Williams
fBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
gHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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George Ntakiyiruta
hEjo Heza Surgical Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Robert Riviello
fBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
gHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Steven Yule
iNHS Lothian University Hospitals Division, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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iNHS Lothian University Hospitals Division, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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vol. 9 no. 3 481-486
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
PubMed 
34593575

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: April 8, 2021
  • Accepted: June 23, 2021
  • Published online September 30, 2021.

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  1. Daniel Josef Lindeggera,
  2. Egide Abahujeb,c,
  3. Kenneth Ruzindanac,
  4. Elizabeth Mwachirod,
  5. Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkanoe,
  6. Wendy Williamsf,g,
  7. George Ntakiyirutah,
  8. Robert Riviellof,g,
  9. Steven Yulei,
  10. Simon Paterson-Browni
  1. aUniversity of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  2. bFeinberg Medical School, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  3. cUniversity of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda.
  4. dTenwek Mission Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
  5. eRwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
  6. fBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  7. gHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  8. hEjo Heza Surgical Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
  9. iNHS Lothian University Hospitals Division, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  1. Correspondence to Egide Abahuje (abegid{at}gmail.com).
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