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Student Evaluation of a Clinical Self-Study Laboratory

Mugarura, John (Nurse Education in Practice, Volume 8, Number 5, 2008)

Introduction: Being clinically competent is an essential component of any nursing curricula to ensure that on completion the nursing graduates are able to practice safely and effectively as a nurse. Clinical Self-Study ...
The Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda — A New Partnership

Binagwaho, Agnes, et al. (MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC, WALTHAM WOODS CENTER, 860 WINTER ST,, WALTHAM, MA 02451-1413 USA, 2013-11-21)

The authors discuss the Human Resources for Health Program, which is working to improve the quality and quantity of health professionals in Rwanda by means of sustained collaborations with U.S. schools of medicine, nursing, ...
An equity analysis of performance-based financing in Rwanda: are services reaching the poorest women?

Skiles P, Martha et al. (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2013-12)

Maternal health services continue to favour the wealthiest in lower and middle income countries. Debate about the potential of performance-based financing (PBF) to address these disparities continues. As PBF is adopted by ...
Baseline assessment of adult and adolescent primary care delivery in Rwanda: an opportunity for quality improvement

Ashwin, Vasan et al. (BMC, CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2013-12-17)

Background As resource-limited health systems evolve to address complex diseases, attention must be returned to basic primary care delivery. Limited data exists detailing the quality of general adult and adolescent primary ...
Traumatic episodes experienced during the genocide period in Rwanda influence life circumstances in young men and women 17 years later

Rugema, Lawrence; Mogren, Ingrid; Ntaganira, Joseph; Gunilla, Krantz (BIOMED CENTR+E217:E256AL LTD, 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2013-12-28)

Background During Rwanda’s genocide period in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed. People were murdered, raped and seriously injured. This retrospective study investigated prevalence and frequency of traumatic episodes ...
Factors determining the choice of modern contraceptive method among women in Kigali City: A Case study of Muhima District hospital and Gitega health center.

Nsenga, Bakinahe (University of Rwanda, 2014-02)

Context: Contraceptive method choice and use related complications and health risk are worldwide problem that affect women their family and society. Objective: The overall aim of this thesis was to study and identify the ...
Effectifs of Lifestyle Education Programs on Diabetes control among Diabetic Patients at Kigali University teaching Hospital, Rwanda

Amendezo, Etienne (University of Rwanda, 2014-03)

The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes mellitus is a serious global health problem. In Sub-Saharan Africa it is especially problematic as it places further economic strains on ...
How can weight-loss app designers’ best engage and support users? A qualitative investigation

Tang, Jason; et al. (British Journal of Health Psychology, 2014-08-14)

Objectives. This study explored young adults’ experiences of using e-health internetbased computer or mobile phone applications (apps) and what they valued about those apps. Design and methods. A qualitative design was ...
Validation of an analytical method for the determination in serum of psychotropic drugs by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode Array Detection

HAHIRWA, Innocent (University of Rwanda, 2015)

Background: Inter-individual variability in clinical response to psychotropic drugs remains problematic in management of mental illnesses. The patients differ in their ability to absorb, distribute, metabolize and eliminate ...
Evidence Based Practice: Valuable and Successful Examples from Nursing and Midwifery in Rwanda

Moen, Marik; Ndateba, Innocent; Collins, Anita; Iyamuremye, J. D. (Rwanda Journal Series F: Medicine and Health Sciences, 2015)

While research is needed and necessary, promoting the value of evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI) and project evaluation (PE) initiatives could rapidly and economically fur ther the development of ...
MiR-24 Is Required for Hematopoietic Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

Roy, Lynn; Bikorimana, Emmanuel; Lapid, Danica; et al. (Roy et al., 2015-01-29)

Overexpression of miRNA, miR-24, in mouse hematopoietic progenitors increases mono cytic/ granulocytic differentiation and inhibits B cell development. To determine if endoge nous miR-24 is required for hematopoiesis, we ...
E-Learning in Nursing Education in Rwanda Exploration of Participants' Perspectives: Benefits and Challenges. An Exploration of Participants' Participants

Halerimana et al (IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2016-04)

E-learning is a commonplace in nursing and healthcare professional education, and generally the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Internet in tertiary education is recognized. The entry ...
Quantifying prosthetic gait deviation using simple outcome measures

Kark, Lauren; Odell, Ross; McIntosh, Andrew S; Simmons, Anne (2016-06)
Health care consumer’s perception of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system within a referral hospital in Kigali, Rwanda

Uwambaye et al (University of Rwanda, 2017)

Background: Worldwide Electronic Medical Records (EMR) when compared to a paper-based system has been proven to improve service delivering numerous health care facilities. However, no research has been described in the ...
Preliminary study of a novel dental hand instrument for restorative procedures

Les, Kalman (2017-02-22)

Background. There is no clear consensus on operative hand instrumentation. In general, there is one hand instrument that completes one task. Consequently, numerous instruments are required for the placement, shaping and ...
Is phosphate dysregulation the link between oral and kidney diseases?

Uwambaye, Peace et al. (University of Rwanda, 2017-05-26)

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Studies have shown a bidirectional relationship between chronic kidney diseases (CKD) & periodontal diseases. A higher rate of decayed teeth, missing teeth and filled teeth are also noted in the ...
Unification or Fusion of Mandibular Central and Lateral Incisor: Case Report

thammisetty, srikanth (IJHSR, 2018-03)

Fusion is defined as two separately forming teeth joined together while gemination refers to partial development of two teeth from a single tooth bud. Fusion may be either complete or incomplete depending on the stage of ...
Sexual risk behaviour in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Rwandan women

Mukanyangezi, M.F; et al. (Epidemiology and Infection, 2018-10-10)

Here we wanted to assess whether sexual risk behaviour differs dependent by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status by following 100 HIV−and 137 HIV+ women recruited at two university teaching hospitals in Rwanda. Women ...
Sexual risk behaviour in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Rwandan women

Mukanyangezi, M.F. et al. (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA, 2019)

Here we wanted to assess whether sexual risk behaviour differs dependent by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status by following 100 HIV- and 137 HIV+ women recruited at two university teaching hospitals in Rwanda. Women ...
A Survey on Pattern of Ocular Morbidity in a Rural Community in Rwanda

Ekemiri, Kingsley; Omondi, Lilian; Uwisunze, Marie Josee; Twiringirimana, Francois Regis; Ndayambaje, Denys; Kitema, Fiston (Open Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019-03-26)

Background: Majority of ocular morbidities found in developing countries are preventable and curable and vary from country to country and from community to community. Screening of ophthalmic conditions in communities ...

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