A5090766253- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
University of Rwanda
2022-2025
University of Bergen
2024-2025
Documentation and reporting of routine data by health workers is the backbone childhood immunization program. Immunization from management information systems (HMIS) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often incomplete unreliable. In Rwanda, e-Tracker, an individual-level system built on DHIS2 open-source software, has been implemented scaled nationwide since 2019. The aim this study was to assess quality HMIS over time. Data were derived four sources for January December 2020 24...
Background Monitoring childhood immunization programs is essential for health systems. Despite the introduction of an electronic registry called e-Tracker in Rwanda, challenges such as lacking population denominators persist, leading to implausible reports coverage rates more than 100%. Objective This study aimed assess extent which responds stakeholders’ needs and identify key areas improvement. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with all levels users including nurses, data...
<title>Abstract</title> Introduction: Many Rwandan children under the age of two suffer from malnutrition, which affects their physical growth and cognitive development. This study explored perspectives attitudes mothers eligible for child nutrition monitoring services to find out how attendance such adherence treatment may be improved. Methods:<bold> </bold>We conducted fifty-two in-depth interviews with purposively sampled infants below 2 years. The interview guide was developed based on...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Introduction: </bold>Accurate and timely nutritional information plays a vital role in monitoring the progress of Rwandan National Nutrition Program (NNP). However, absence cohesive reporting system to monitor child growth nutrition poses challenge. This study focuses on analyzing health workers' utilization management systems (HMIS) identify areas for enhancement program implementation. <bold>Methods: </bold>Our interview guide group discussion questions were...
Most of the research on filicide mothers suggests that they experience negative feelings before kill their child. However, little is known about whether these can be expressed after one-year post-offense among incarcerated with no history psychiatric problems. In this study, we aimed to conduct a qualitative analysis (a) understand evolving from emotions such as anger, guilt, shame, depression, and anxiety in Nyarugenge Prison Rwanda, (b) identify impact experienced personal wellbeing, (c)...
Despite the tremendous evidence of harmful effects maternal filicide on lives offenders, there is a scarcity studies their negative emotions and personal wellbeing especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, this study was primarily aimed at assessing prevalence experienced by mothers how they were associated with Rwanda. With an institutional-based cross-sectional design, we measured symptoms anxiety, anger, shame, guilt, depression well-being convenient sample 55 filicidal (mean age = 26.69;...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Monitoring childhood immunization programs is essential for health systems. Despite the introduction of an electronic registry called e-Tracker in Rwanda, challenges such as lacking population denominators persist, leading to implausible reports coverage rates more than 100%. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aimed assess extent which responds stakeholders’ needs and identify key areas improvement. <title>METHODS</title> In-depth interviews were...