BACKGROUND Malnutrition remains a serious concern in Rwanda, particularly among children under-5 years. Performance-based financing (PBF), an innovative health systems financing strategy, has been implemented at the national level since 2008. This study aimed to assess the impact of PBF and other factors associated with the prevalence of three classifications of malnutrition (stunting, wasting ...

Despite the significant public health burden of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Rwanda, the prevalence of bTB is poorly documented. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of bTB in cattle using gross examination of granulomatous lesions, to identify mycobacteria species in suspected samples, and to evaluate the economic impact of meat condemnation based on bTB-like lesions in the meat...

Despite intense malaria interventions and associated decline of malaria transmission in Rwanda; potential for malaria transmission remain in highly endemic areas. As response, an integrated malaria control was introduced based on local ecology, malaria epidemiology and socio-economic factors. This strategy intends to sustain the achievements in malaria reduction by effective interventions in th...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Liver diseases represent a major health problem due to their complications and limited treatment possibilities. In Rwanda, given low accessibility to modern treatments, most people still rely on traditional medicinal plants. The symptomatology of many hepatic troubles (icterus) is evident for traditional healers who have a high probability of selecting efficient h...

Change has become a constant phenomenon which must be managed properly for an organization to survive. Knowledge and awareness about many of the critical issues involved in the management of such change is often lacking. This study sought to find out the effects of change management in National University of Rwanda. It was guided by the following specific objectives: to analyze the effect of ch...

RESUME Goyal Sandeep 1,*, Goyal Sonia 2 1 Orthodontist, Dental Department, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda 2 Stomatologist, Polyclinique La Medicale, Kigali, Rwanda Background: Dental malocclusion is present in all societies but its prevalence varies. Identifying occlusal problems, their incidence and the need for treatment can help to determine the appropriate awareness plans, preventive ...

BACKGROUND Rwanda has achieved great improvements in several key health indicators, including maternal mortality and other health outcomes. This raises the question: what has made this possible, and what makes Rwanda so unique? METHODS We describe the results of a web-based survey among district health managers in Rwanda who gave their personal opinions on the factors that drive performance i...

Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and affects their daily functional ability and quality of life. Lower extremity functional ability, which is most commonly compromised in patients with PN, has not been clearly evaluated in an African setting, with regard to functional limitations. The lower extremity functional scale (LEF...

BACKGROUND Disability affects approximately 15% of the world's population, and has adverse socio-economic effects, especially for the poor. In Rwanda, there are a number of government compensation programs that support the poor, but not specifically persons with disability (PWDs). This study investigates the relationship between poverty and government compensation on disability among working-ag...

Renewable energy exploitation is among the development strategies set by government of Rwanda on roadmap to 2023/2024 universal electricity access and United Nations plans 2030. Numerous previous studies clean technologies in have mostly focused households’ usage but there are currently no describing feasibility for financial institutions. The skepticism renewable Africa was previously reported...