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The Heart of Africa’s New Medical School

Rwanda – a small landlocked country in the heart of Africa – boasts a primary health-care system that provides near-universal access. And now it is building a medical school that will benefit its own people and many others in Africa and worldwide.

SAN FRANCISCO – Rwanda has achieved some of the most dramatic gains in health and poverty-reduction in the world. This small, landlocked African country (the size of Massachusetts, but with twice the population) has developed a primary health-care system with near-universal access to clinical care and insurance. Rwanda has reduced both economic and health-care inequality, and demonstrates how “health equity” helps to build strong societies.

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