Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention

Julian T. Hertz; Kristen Stark; Francis M. Sakita; Jerome J. Mlangi; Godfrey L. Kweka; Sainikitha Prattipati; Frida Shayo; Vivian Kaboigora; Julius Mtui; Manji N. Isack; Esther M. Kindishe; Dotto J. Ngelengi; Jr Limkakeng; Nathan M. Thielman; Gerald S. Bloomfield; Janet P. Bettger; Tumsifu G. Tarimo

doi:10.5334/aogh.4361

Adapting an Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Co-Design of the MIMIC Intervention

Volume 90 (2024): Issue 1

By: Julian T. Hertz , Kristen Stark, Francis M. Sakita, Jerome J. Mlangi, Godfrey L. Kweka, Sainikitha Prattipati, Frida Shayo, Vivian Kaboigora, Julius Mtui, Manji N. Isack, Esther M. Kindishe, Dotto J. Ngelengi, Jr Limkakeng , Nathan M. Thielman , Gerald S. Bloomfield , Janet P. Bettger and Tumsifu G. Tarimo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4361 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996

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Language: English

Submitted on: Nov 8, 2023

Accepted on: Feb 23, 2024

Published on: Mar 13, 2024

Published by: Ubiquity Press

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Keywords:

Acute Myocardial Infarction,

Co-design,

sub-Saharan Africa,

Implementation Science,

quality improvement

© 2024 Julian T. Hertz, Kristen Stark, Francis M. Sakita, Jerome J. Mlangi, Godfrey L. Kweka, Sainikitha Prattipati, Frida Shayo, Vivian Kaboigora, Julius Mtui, Manji N. Isack, Esther M. Kindishe, Dotto J. Ngelengi, Jr Limkakeng, Nathan M. Thielman, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Janet P. Bettger, Tumsifu G. Tarimo, published by Ubiquity Press
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