Marc Twagirumukiza

Bibliography

Marc Twagirumukiza born in Gitarama (central Rwanda),on 4 December 1973; is a Rwandan physician and clinical pharmacology expert researcher at Ghent University, Belgium.

Professional and scientific background

He has graduated with PhD in clinical pharmacology from Ghent University, Belgium, and has academic records in public health,^[1] experimental research,^[2] and clinical research in medicine.^[3][4] He served as lecturer at many African schools of Medicine (Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and Kenya among others). His principal area of interest is the access to medicines (availability, funding and supply chain, pricing and affordability, regulation and policies) in low and middle income countries^[5] and primary health care,^[6] and focus on drugs used in non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases and hypertension in particular).^[7]

International societies

Twagirumukiza Marc belongs to various international,^[8] and Pan African scientific societies.^[9][10] He was also one of the scientists who started the Pan African society of Hypertension, the consortium of health professionals and researchers active in field of arterial hypertension on African continent.

References

1. ^ De Maeseneer Jan, Twagirumukiza M (December 2011). "The contribution of primary health care to global health". British journal of general practice 60 (581): 875–6. doi:10.3399/bjgp10X543998. PMID 21144194. 
2. ^ Twagirumukiza M, Cosijns A, Pringels E, Remon JP, Vervaet C, Van Bortel LM (November 2009). "Influence of tropical climate conditions on the quality of antihypertensive drugs from Rwandan pharmacies". American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 81 (5): 776–81. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0109. PMID 19861610. 
3. ^ Twagirumukiza M, Nkeramihigo E, Seminega B, Gasakure E, Boccara F, Barbaro G (March 2007). "Prevalence of dilated cardiomyopathy in HIV-infected African patients not receiving HAART: a multicenter, observational, prospective, cohort study in Rwanda". Current HIV research 5 (1): 129–37. PMID 17266564. 
4. ^ Amendezo E, Twagirumukiza M, Sebatunzi O, Kagame A (January 2008). "Inhospital cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the department of internal medicine at CHU Kigali (Rwanda)". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 1 (1): 129–37. doi:10.4103/1755-6783.43071. 
5. ^ The access to medicines in low and middle income countries
6. ^ Twagirumukiza M,Van Bortel LM (January 2011). "Management of hypertension at the community level in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): towards a rational use of available resources". Journal of human hypertension 25 (1): 47–56. doi:10.1038/jhh.2010.32. PMID 20336148. 
7. ^ Twagirumukiza M, Annemans L, Bienvenu E, Van Bortel LM (March 2010). "Prices of antihypertensive medicines in sub-Saharan Africa and alignment to WHO's model list of essential medicines". Tropical medicine & international health 15 (3): 350–61. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02453.x. PMID 20070634. 
8. ^ Science advisory board steering committee member
9. ^ Pan African society of Hypertension
10. ^ The Pan-African thoracic society

External links

• External information (in French)

Persondata
Name	Twagirumukiza, Marc
Alternative names	Van Marck
Short description	Scientist
Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Rwanda
Date of death
Place of death