Background: The long waiting time in Outpatient Department (OPD) of Rwandan Public Hospitals is a common challenge for patients and to the healthcare providers. Prolonged waiting time is the common complaint for the patients ...

Background: Conflict is inevitable and can be found in all settings. It can co-exist between and among health care professionals such as doctors and nurses and their patients. The roles of the nurses in each scenario and ...

Background The WHO indicates that in 2020 more than one in five (22%) children aged below five years worldwide were stunted. The last RDHS report of 2019/2020 indicated that stunting in kids under five years was at 33%. ...

Malnutrition is a pathological state resulting from a relative or absolute deficiency or excess of one or more essential nutrients. According to World Health Organization, globally child malnutrition is health issue with ...

Introduction The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is measured in trauma patients in developed countries and results in changes in clinical management. Rwanda holds the 9th place in Africa in terms of trauma and it ...

Background Infection with Hepatitis C Virus is one of the primary health concerns in developing countries. About 3% of the population in the world is infected with the virus, and 71 million, which is 1% of the global ...

Background: Otitis media with effusion is a middle ear effusion without signs and symptoms of middle ear infections. It is mainly due to Eustachian tube dysfunction or sequelae of acute otitis media. There are different ...

Background: Over 5.54 million COVID-19 deaths occurred worldwide by January 2021. In Rwanda, 125,000 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in total by January 17, 2022. Despite the high mortality and morbidity rates attributed to ...

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is the third most common leading cause of cancer related death worldwide. It is also a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Surgery is the mainstay of the treatment. Delay in diagnosis can ...