A5022696882- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
Partners In Health
2025
University of Rwanda
2020
Background: Silicosis is one of the most common forms pneumoconiosis worldwide. In Rwanda - there paucity data on silicosis burden and occupational risk among underground miners. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study all miners from 8 cassiterite (tin ore) mining sites in Kayonza district, Eastern Rwanda. Questionnaire chest radiography were collected at Rwinkwavu District Hospital. Two radiologists reviewed using ILO criteria, with third radiologist reviewing films rating...
Objectives. In sub-Saharan Africa, mining employment continues to expose workers a dangerous physical and psychosocial occupational environment. This study explored the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) their risk factors among artisanal small-scale miners. Methods. A cross-sectional was conducted in eastern Rwanda November 2022. Self-reported MSDs were assessed using modified Nordic questionnaire. The used χ2 or t tests multivariate analysis with backward stepwise...
Little is known about the burden of silicosis in Africa, despite extensive mining and construction operations region putting numerous people at risk. The implementation experience costs case-finding for occupational lung disease resource-limited settings are also currently unknown. We describe first-ever project rural Rwanda using chest X-ray, symptom questionnaires, spirometry. This was coupled with routine noncommunicable diabetes hypertension. performed an ingredient-based analysis all...
The 11th Congress of the African Society Human Genetics (AfSHG) was held from September 16, 2018 to 21, 2018, in conjunction with 12th Heredity and Health Africa (H3Africa) Consortium meeting Kigali, Rwanda. event organized by AfSHG partnership Rwanda University A 2-day workshop on application next-generation sequencing technologies for analyzing monogenic disease populations as part conference (September 22, 2018−September 23, Rwanda). theme “Building skills resources genomics, epigenetics...