Design, testing, and scale-up of medical devices for global health: negative pressure wound therapy and non-surgical male circumcision in Rwanda
Global Health
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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.
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2
Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
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3
Worldwide Innovative Healthcare (WiCare), Cambridge, MA, USA.
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4
Ministry of Defense of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
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5
Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
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6
The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Hanover, NH, USA.
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7
Global Health Delivery Partnership, Boston, MA, USA.
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8
Partners In Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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9
Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
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10
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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11
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
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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*