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Gene Bukhman, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dr Gene Bukhman is a cardiologist and cultural anthropologist who directs the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Program on Global Noncommunicable Disease (NCDs) and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine. Between 2010 and 2015, he was the Senior Technical Advisor on NCDs to the Rwanda Ministry of Health. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Bukhman has argued that for those living in extreme poverty, NCDs are best understood as part of the “long tail” of global health equity that demands a new “science of integration.” He has translated this critique into practical delivery strategies such PEN-Plus (the Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions – Plus). These strategies are now impacting the lives of thousands of people living with severe childhood-onset conditions such as type 1 diabetes, sickle cell disease, and rheumatic and congenital heart disease in more than a dozen countries. He is the author of more than 125 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters that apply a range of methodologies from ethnography and archival research to epidemiology and mathematical modelling to identify solutions to the problem of “NCDI Poverty.” Dr. Bukhman was the lead-author and co-chair of the 1996-2020 Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion. He is currently co-chair of the 27-country NCDI Poverty Network launched in December of 2020 to support implementation of the Lancet Commission’s recommendations. In 2023, he received the World Heart Federation award for Outstanding Contribution to Global Cardiovascular Health.

Address:
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
641 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Feasibility and effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose among insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes: open randomized control trial in three rural districts in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Ng'ang'a L, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Harerimana E, Niyonsenga SP, Bavuma CM, Bukhman G, Adler AJ, Kateera F, Park PH.
BMC Endocr Disord
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Addressing severe chronic NCDs across Africa: measuring demand for the Package of Essential Non-communicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus).
Authors: Authors: Boudreaux C, Barango P, Adler A, Kabore P, McLaughlin A, Mohamed MOS, Park PH, Shongwe S, Dangou JM, Bukhman G.
Health Policy Plan
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Protocol for a feasibility randomised control trial for continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes at first-level hospitals in rural Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Adler AJ, Ruderman T, Valeta F, Drown L, Trujillo C, Ferrari G, Msekandiana A, Wroe E, Kachimanga C, Bukhman G, Park PH.
BMJ Open
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Training Mid-Level Providers to Treat Severe Non-Communicable Diseases in Neno, Malawi through PEN-Plus Strategies.
Authors: Authors: Ruderman T, Chibwe E, Boudreaux C, Ndarama E, Wroe EB, Connolly E, Bukhman G.
Ann Glob Health
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A National Equity Initiative to Address Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries: Findings and Recommendation from the Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission.
Authors: Authors: Koirala B, Adhikari SR, Shrestha A, Vaidya A, Aryal KK, Kalaunee SP, Shrestha A, Mishra SR, Sharma SK, Karki A, Maharjan B, Singh S, Schwarz D, Gupta N, Bukhman G, Karmacharya BM.
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ)
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Addressing the Impact of Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDIs) in Ethiopia: Findings and Recommendations from the Ethiopia NCDI Commission.
Authors: Authors: Memirie ST, Dagnaw WW, Habtemariam MK, Bekele A, Yadeta D, Bekele A, Bekele W, Gedefaw M, Assefa M, Tolla MT, Misganaw A, Gupta N, Bukhman G, Norheim OF.
Ethiop J Health Sci
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From a Lancet Commission to the NCDI Poverty Network: reaching the poorest billion through integration science.
Authors: Authors: Bukhman G, Mocumbi AO, Gupta N, Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M, Echodu M, Gomanju A, Jain Y, Karmacharya B, Kapambwe S, Lulebo A, Makani J, Masiye JK, Mategeko PK, Owino E.
Lancet
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Experience of living with type 1 diabetes in a low-income country: a qualitative study from Liberia.
Authors: Authors: Adler AJ, Trujillo C, Schwartz L, Drown L, Pierre J, Noble C, Allison T, Cook R, Randolph C, Bukhman G.
BMJ Open
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Prioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty Commissions.
Authors: Authors: Gupta N, Mocumbi A, Arwal SH, Jain Y, Haileamlak AM, Memirie ST, Larco NC, Kwan GF, Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M, Gathecha G, Amegashie F, Rakotoarison V, Masiye J, Wroe E, Koirala B, Karmacharya B, Condo J, Nyemazi JP, Sesay S, Maogenzi S, Mayige M, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Akiteng AR, Mudavanhu J, Kapambwe S, Watkins D, Norheim O, Makani J, Bukhman G.
Glob Health Sci Pract
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An investment case for the prevention and management of rheumatic heart disease in the African Union 2021-30: a modelling study.
Authors: Authors: Coates MM, Sliwa K, Watkins DA, Zühlke L, Perel P, Berteletti F, Eiselé JL, Klassen SL, Kwan GF, Mocumbi AO, Prabhakaran D, Habtemariam MK, Bukhman G.
Lancet Glob Health
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