Understanding the Etiology of Heart Failure among the Rural Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa: a 10-year Experience from District Hospitals in Rwanda

Heart failure is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Our understanding of the heart failure burden in this region has been limited mainly to registries from urban referral centers. Starting in 2006, a nurse-driven strategy was initiated to provide echocardiography and decentralized heart failure care within noncommunicable disease (NCD) clinics in rural district hospitals in Rwanda.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - October 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lauren A Eberly, Emmanuel Rusingiza, Paul H Park, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Francis Mutabazi, Emmanuel Harerimana, Joseph Mucumbitsi, Philippe F Nyembo, Ryan Borg, Cyprien Gahamanyi, Cadet Mutumbira, Evariste Ntaganda, Christian Rusangwa, Gene F K Source Type: research