2019
Political priority and pathways to scale-up of childhood cancer care in five nations
Denburg A, Ramirez A, Pavuluri S, McCann E, Shah S, Alcasabas T, Antillon F, Arora R, Fuentes-Alabi S, Renner L, Lam C, Friedrich P, Maser B, Force L, Galindo C, Atun R. Political priority and pathways to scale-up of childhood cancer care in five nations. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0221292. PMID: 31425526, PMCID: PMC6699697, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood cancer careNon-communicable diseasesUniversal health coverageNational health agendaCancer careChildhood cancerPolitical prioritiesActor powerHealth agendaHealth systemPriority-settingPolitical prioritizationPolitical contextChildhood cancer communityNon-communicable causesHealth system actorsNational priorityHealth system reformEl SalvadorMiddle-income countriesChildren aged 0Civil society organizationsPublic sector investmentIn-depth interviewsCancer policy
2018
Creation, Implementation, and Assessment of a General Thoracic Surgery Simulation Course in Rwanda
Ramirez A, Nuradin N, Byiringiro F, Ssebuufu R, Stukenborg G, Ntakiyiruta G, Daniel T. Creation, Implementation, and Assessment of a General Thoracic Surgery Simulation Course in Rwanda. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1842-1849. PMID: 29476717, PMCID: PMC5964001, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral surgery residentsThoracic proceduresSurgery residentsLow-middle income country settingFellowship training opportunitiesSimulation courseDiaphragm repairLow-middle income countriesIncome country settingsStatistically significant improvementUnivariate analysisResident knowledge baseSecondary objectivesSimulated surgeryLocal facultyIncome countriesCountry settingsKnowledge assessmentTraining levelTraining opportunitiesResident feedbackParticipants' responsesLikert scaleEnhance confidenceSignificant improvement