Including oral health training in a health system strengthening program in Rwanda

被引:13
作者
Seymour, Brittany [1 ,2 ]
Muhumuza, Ibra [3 ]
Mumena, Chris [3 ]
Isyagi, Moses [3 ]
Barrow, Jane [1 ]
Meeks, Valli [4 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Dent Med, Off Global & Community Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Dent Med, Dept Oral Hlth Policy & Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Kigali Hlth Inst, Dept Dent, Kigali, Rwanda
[4] Univ Maryland, Sch Dent, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
来源
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION | 2013年 / 6卷
关键词
workforce training; oral health; interdisciplinary; health system strengthening; Rwanda; GLOBAL HEALTH; MEDICAL-EDUCATION; PUBLIC-HEALTH; STUDENTS; PROFESSIONALS; COMPETENCES; PREVENTION; FRAMEWORK; DISEASES;
D O I
10.3402/gha.v6i0.20109
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective: Rwanda's Ministry of Health, with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, implemented the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. The purpose of the program is to train and retain high-quality health care professionals to improve and sustain health in Rwanda. Design: In May 2011, an oral health team from Rwanda and the United States proposed that oral health be included in the HRH Program, due to its important links to health, in a recommendation to the Rwandan Ministry of Health. The proposal outlined a diagonal approach to curriculum design that supports the principles of global health through interconnected training for both treatment and collaborative prevention, rather than discipline-based fragmented training focused on isolated risk factors. It combined 'vertical' direct patient care training with 'horizontal' interdisciplinary training to address common underlying risk factors and associations for disease through primary care, program retention, and sustainability. Results: The proposal was accepted by the Ministry of Health and was approved for funding by the US Government and The Global Fund. Rwanda's first Bachelor of Dental Surgery program, which is in the planning phase, is being developed. Conclusions: Competencies, the training curriculum, insurance and payment schemes, licensure, and other challenges are currently being addressed. With the Ministry of Health supporting the dental HRH efforts and fully appreciating the importance of oral health, all are hopeful that these developments will ultimately lead to more robust oral health data collection, a well-trained and well-retained dental profession, and vastly improved oral health and overall health for the people of Rwanda in the decades to come.
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