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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

Outcomes of decentralizing hypertension care from district hospitals to health centers in Rwanda, 2013-2014.
Authors: Authors: Ngoga G, Park PH, Borg R, Bukhman G, Ali E, Munyaneza F, Tapela N, Rusingiza E, Edwards JK, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Public Health Action
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Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study.
Authors: Authors: James SL, Lucchesi LR, Bisignano C, Castle CD, Dingels ZV, Fox JT, Hamilton EB, Henry NJ, McCracken D, Roberts NLS, Sylte DO, Ahmadi A, Ahmed MB, Alahdab F, Alipour V, Andualem Z, Antonio CAT, Arabloo J, Badiye AD, Bagherzadeh M, Banstola A, Bärnighausen TW, Barzegar A, Bayati M, Bhaumik S, Bijani A, Bukhman G, Carvalho F, Crowe CS, Dalal K, Daryani A, Nasab MD, Do HT, Do HP, Endries AY, Fernandes E, Filip I, Fischer F, Fukumoto T, Gebremedhin KBB, Gebremeskel GG, Gilani SA, Haagsma JA, Hamidi S, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Igumbor EU, Ilesanmi OS, Irvani SSN, Jayatilleke AU, Kahsay A, Kapoor N, Kasaeian A, Khader YS, Khalil IA, Khan EA, Khazaee-Pool M, Kokubo Y, Lopez AD, Madadin M, Majdan M, Maled V, Malekzadeh R, Manafi N, Manafi A, Mangalam S, Massenburg BB, Meles HG, Menezes RG, Meretoja TJ, Miazgowski B, Miller TR, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammadpourhodki R, Morrison SD, Negoi I, Nguyen TH, Nguyen SH, Nguyen CT, Nixon MR, Olagunju AT, Olagunju TO, Padubidri JR, Polinder S, Rabiee N, Rabiee M, Radfar A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rawaf S, Rawaf DL, Rezapour A, Rickard J, Roro EM, Roy N, Safari-Faramani R, Salamati P, Samy AM, Satpathy M, Sawhney M, Schwebel DC, Senthilkumaran S, Sepanlou SG, Shigematsu M, Soheili A, Stokes MA, Tohidinik HR, Tran BX, Valdez PR, Wijeratne T, Yisma E, Zaidi Z, Zamani M, Zhang ZJ, Hay SI, Mokdad AH.
Inj Prev
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Diagnosis and Management of Acute Heart Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors: Authors: Bukhman AK, Nsengimana VJP, Lipsitz MC, Henwood PC, Tefera E, Rouhani SA, Dukundane D, Bukhman GY.
Curr Cardiol Rep
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10-Year Heart Failure Outcomes From Nurse-Driven Clinics in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors: Authors: Eberly LA, Rusingiza E, Park PH, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Mutabazi F, Gahamanyi C, Ntaganda E, Kwan GF, Bukhman G.
J Am Coll Cardiol
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Disaggregating catastrophic health expenditure by disease area: cross-country estimates based on the World Health Surveys.
Authors: Authors: Haakenstad A, Coates M, Marx A, Bukhman G, Verguet S.
BMC Med
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Cost of integrated chronic care for severe non-communicable diseases at district hospitals in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Eberly LA, Rusangwa C, Ng'ang'a L, Neal CC, Mukundiyukuri JP, Mpanusingo E, Mungunga JC, Habineza H, Anderson T, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Kwan G, Bavuma C, Rusingiza E, Mutabazi F, Mucumbitsi J, Gahamanyi C, Mutumbira C, Park PH, Mpunga T, Bukhman G.
BMJ Glob Health
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A comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across seven INDEPTH network health and demographic surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors: Authors: Coates MM, Kamanda M, Kintu A, Arikpo I, Chauque A, Mengesha MM, Price AJ, Sifuna P, Wamukoya M, Sacoor CN, Ogwang S, Assefa N, Crampin AC, Macete EV, Kyobutungi C, Meremikwu MM, Otieno W, Adjaye-Gbewonyo K, Marx A, Byass P, Sankoh O, Bukhman G.
Glob Health Action
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Nurse-Driven Echocardiography and Management of Heart Failure at District Hospitals in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Eberly LA, Rusingiza E, Park PH, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Mutabazi F, Harerimana E, Mucumbitsi J, Nyembo PF, Borg R, Gahamanyi C, Mutumbira C, Ntaganda E, Rusangwa C, Kwan GF, Bukhman G.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
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Understanding the Etiology of Heart Failure Among the Rural Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 10-Year Experience From District Hospitals in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Eberly LA, Rusingiza E, Park PH, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Mutabazi F, Harerimana E, Mucumbitsi J, Nyembo PF, Borg R, Gahamanyi C, Mutumbira C, Ntaganda E, Rusangwa C, Kwan GF, Bukhman G.
J Card Fail
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Outcomes for patients with rheumatic heart disease after cardiac surgery followed at rural district hospitals in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Rusingiza EK, El-Khatib Z, Hedt-Gauthier B, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Tapela N, Mutumbira C, Mutabazi F, Harelimana E, Mucumbitsi J, Kwan GF, Bukhman G.
Heart
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