Background: Preterm birth, defined as childbirth occurring at less than 37 completed weeks or 259 days of gestation from the first day of the last menstrual period, is the major determinant of neonatal mortality and morbidity ...
Background: Teenage pregnancies have become rampant Rwanda which negatively affects teens lives, despite numerous interventions. Their impact also expands to the entire family, community and the country in general. This ...
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Background: Liver fibrosis prevalence is poorly understood in the Rwandan context, it is of much importance to know the staging of liver fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus infected patients. Biopsy ...
Globally, neonatal mortality represents around 40 percent of all mortality among children under five, with the neonatal deaths concentrated in first week of life. The associated factors include but not limited to socio-economic ...
Introduction: Rwanda, like many other countries, is trying to cope with the problem of sexual behavior especially in young population on the same scale as drug abuse or alcohol. In Rwanda, especially in Collège Saint André, ...
Background of the study: Oganizations have both legal and ethical commitment to supply healthy and safe working environments as well as ensuring the total well being of their workers. The provision of any health and safety ...
Introduction: Malaria is public health concern worldwide, and more than 90% of malaria deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting mainly children under five years of age. In Rwanda, the interventions to reduce ...
Dr. NYIRIMODOKA, Alexandre(University of RwandaUniversity of Rwanda, 2019)
Background: Prostate cancer remains a global health burden. It is aggressive among black of African ancestry. Inadequate awareness as well as insufficient diagnostic and management capacity, lead to its delayed presentation ...
Background: Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication of malaria. There is no data about this problem in Rwanda. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in ...
Background: The cancer of cervix is placed third among common cancers attacking women globally. Rwanda is among countries belonging in Easter Africa where cancer of cervix was ranked on second place among other cancers ...
Epilepsy is one of non-communicable diseases that has received little attention in developing countries health development agendas. Globally, around 50 million of people suffer from epilepsy with 80 % of them living in ...
NZAYISENGA, Jean Claude(Sweden University of agricultural sciencesSweden University of agricultural sciences, 2013)
Cell polarity is defined as the polar organization of cellular components along an axis. The coordination of cell polarity within a plane of a single tissue layer is termed planar polarity. An example for planar polarity ...
Background: The pneumatic tourniquet is an efficient device used to achieve a surgical bloodless field, hence facilitating the surgeon during surgical procedures. However its use is not without risks as complications may ...
NIZEYIMANA, Jean de Dieu(College of science and TechnologyCollege of science and Technology, 2021-12)
In the wake of replacement of wood and kerosene by gas cookers for several purposes in Rwanda, gas leakage has caused several damages in domestic household, factory, kitchens in restaurants, canteens among others, installation ...
Background: Vaccine management is critical to maintaining vaccine potency or viability that contributes to protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases VPD and saving their lives. The 2019 Effective Vaccine ...
Background: Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficient Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is the public health burden worldwide. Preventing and treating the diseases including HIV/AIDS Malaria, tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Ebola, ...
Mutabazi Niyibizi, Zebulon(University of RwandaUniversity of Rwanda, 2019)
Background: Stunting is a most important public health problem in developing countries. Stunting is among the priorities of Rwanda for the Sustainable Development Goals. Nyanza District is one of Districts where different ...
Teenage pregnancy is more common in developing countries than developed countries and is associated with numerous social and economic factors: poverty, low education level, and the lack of awareness about sex and pregnancy ...
Background and Objectives: The introduction of Emergency Medicine in Rwanda in 2013 has
been associated with a mortality reduction in critically ill patients presenting to CHUK. However,
while awaiting available Intensive ...
NSABIMANA, Jean Pierre(University of RwandaUniversity of Rwanda, 2019)
Background: Nurses as a big number in the health systems have great potential to ensure that health care is harmless, excellent, easily reached and reasonable. Health policies impact health care, nurses and profession. ...