From February 16 to 22, a team from EHESP-International, composed of Yann Dubois – Director of Cornouailles Hospitals, Martin Machray – Former Director of Quality for Greater London (NHS), Marie Kernec, and Maïwen Ridard-Cacheux, had the opportunity to travel across Rwanda: Kigali, Butaro, Ruhengeri, Kibungo, Rwamagana, Massaka,… The objective was to analyze the training needs in hospital management for the leadership teams of university and referral hospitals, provincial, district hospitals, as well as the training offers. This assessment, funded by Expertise France, was conducted on behalf of the Rwandan Ministry of Health, particularly in the context of their 4*4 policy aiming at training four times more health professionals in four years.
During the week, the team met with ten hospital management teams and several universities, including the University of Rwanda and the University of Global Health Equity. The team proposed an intensive hospital management training program consisting of 10 modules for all current and future hospital directors. The objective would be to use the expertise of the most experienced directors oh hospitals who could take on a trainer role to ensure the sustainability of the training. Additional modules were also proposed for medical directors, financial and administrative directors, and nursing directors, subject to additional funding.
The Rwandan hospital and health system is particularly inspiring and innovative in terms of emergency preparedness and crisis and pandemic management (health surveillance equipment and simulation), remarkable hygiene in all health facilities, post-pandemic resilient solutions (oxygen manufacturing plant in each hospital), … Very inspiring to witness an emergency live delivery of blood by drone at Rwamagana Hospital.
Many thanks to all the university and hospital colleagues for their warm welcome and their time to share their experience.
