Design, testing, and scale-up of medical devices for global health: negative pressure wound therapy and non-surgical male circumcision in Rwanda
Global Health
.
2015 May 12:11:20.
doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0101-4.
Authors
Gita N Mody
1
,
Vincent Mutabazi
2
,
Danielle R Zurovcik
3
,
Jean Paul Bitega
4
,
Sabin Nsanzimana
5
,
Sardis H Harward
6
,
Claire M Wagner
7
,
Cameron T Nutt
8
,
Agnes Binagwaho
9
10
11
Affiliations
1
Department of General Surgery, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. gmody@partners.org.
2
Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda. mutabazivincent@gmail.com.
3
Worldwide Innovative Healthcare (WiCare), Cambridge, MA, USA. drz@mit.edu.
4
Ministry of Defense of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. bitegam@yahoo.fr.
5
Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda. nsabinco@gmail.com.
6
The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Hanover, NH, USA. sardis.h.harward@dartmouth.edu.
7
Global Health Delivery Partnership, Boston, MA, USA. wagner.claire@gmail.com.
8
Partners In Health, Boston, MA, USA. cameron.nutt@gmail.com.
9
Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. agnes_binagwaho@hms.harvard.edu.
10
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. agnes_binagwaho@hms.harvard.edu.
11
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. agnes_binagwaho@hms.harvard.edu.
PMID:
25963175
PMCID:
PMC4446067
DOI:
10.1186/s12992-015-0101-4
No abstract available
Publication types
Evaluation Study
MeSH terms
Circumcision, Male*
Equipment Design
Global Health*
Humans
Male
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / instrumentation*
Rwanda
Wounds and Injuries / therapy*