Christine Pace
Medicine PGY-3, BWH
April, 2010
With the support of the Center of Excellence in Global Health, I traveled to Rwanda for the month of February, 2010, to work with Partners in Health (PIH) at two of the rural district hospital sites where they work. This was my second trip to Rwanda, where I have been involved in helping develop mental health programming at PIH’s three sites. In the wake of the 1994-1995 genocide, mental illness, including depression and PTDS, is a significant public health problem in Rwanda. The Ministry of Health recognized this early on, and has tried to staff all district hospitals with psychologists and mental health nurses to address the significant need all around the country. In its mental health work, PIH aims to support existing Ministry of Health mental health programs and is also in the early stages of collaboration with MOH to pilot new programs.
Mass General Brigham's Centers of Expertise (COEs) are innovative cross-specialty educational opportunities that allows trainees to explore areas of medicine and health care delivery relevant to all specialties such as medical education, quality & safety, global & community health, and health care policy & management. This blog is authored by trainees who have received research grants that include travel from the COEs and the impact of this grant.
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