Rwanda: Conceptualizing Global Health Delivery

22 February 2012
opinion

The traditional definition of public health has often been relatively narrow and focused on siloed programmes, or the management of health for quick "cost-effective" impact.

This definition cannot suit Rwanda's approach to public health, as we know that the ultimate end of our programmes must be to break the cycle of poverty and disease. This means managing in a high value way for supporting sustainable development, and this begins with always accounting for the cost of inaction.

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