Background: Up to 86% of operated patients are candidates to routine indwelling urinary catheters (IUC). Studies revealed a high prevalence of Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). CAUTIs are the 3rd most ...

Background: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital acquired infection in intensive care units (ICUs). This infection has been found to be associated with increased duration on mechanical ...

BACKGROUND: Worldwide nursing students need to learn theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The quality of nursing education depends on degree to which nursing students are able to integrate the learned theory into ...

Background and Objective: Many deaths from acute illness and injury occur outside of hospitals, necessitating the development of prehospital emergency care. In Rwanda, the ambulance service (Service d’Aide Médicale d’Urgence- ...

Background: Asthma is a commonest chronic disease which‘s increasing in prevalence. It affects patient quality of life even family economy and become a burden. The global burden of asthma can be reduced by efforts of ...

Good storage practices are part of quality management system that ensures the quality of pharmaceutical products through monitoring of activities related to storage processes. It is a set of guidelines for which the main ...

Introduction: With Accessibility of antiretroviral drugs HIV infected children and adolescents live longer. HIV diagnosis disclosure is progressively more important and usual concern. Problem Statement: Disclosure of HIV ...

Background: In this digital age, drone technology is used to improve health care delivery by fast distribution of lifesaving products. To ensure the availability of lifesaving products, in 2015 Rwanda government in partnership ...

Background: While prevalence of voluntary medical male circoncision (VMMC) in Rwanda is 30% at national level, its uptake level is still unknown in Kibogora DH area and a noted low demand among married men. This study aimed ...

Introduction By the end of 2015, nearly 37 million people were living with HIV and 46.3% were on antiretroviral therapy. From the 90-90-90 strategy, by 2020 at a global level, 90% of all people living with HIV who will ...