2010. "Paying Primary Health Care Centers for Performance in Rwanda." Policy Research Working Paper 5190. World Bank, Washington DC.Basinga P, Gertler P, Binagwaho A, Soucat A, Sturdy J, Vermeersch C. Paying primary health care centers for performance in Rwanda. Washington: World bank policy...
Quality of care at rural health centers in Rwanda is often limited by gaps in individual nurses' knowledge and skills, as well as systems-level issues, such as supply and human resource management. Typically, nurse training is largely didactic and supervision infrequent. Partners In Health and ...
Addressing pediatric HIV prevention: integrating family planning into PMTCT/couples VCT services in the rural health centers in RwandaGalvin MD, ShannonNgendahimana, GerardGatana, Jean
Task Shifting for Scale-up of HIV Care: Evaluation of Nurse-Centered Antiretroviral Treatment at Rural Health Centers in Rwanda Fabienne Shumbusho1*, Johan van Griensven1, David Lowrance2, Innocent Turate1, Mark A. Weaver3, Jessica Price1, Agnes Binagwaho4 1 Family Health...
In September 2005, a pilot program of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment (ART) prescription was launched in three rural primary health centers in Rwanda. We retrospectively evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of this task-shifting model using descriptive data.Methods and FindingsMedical ...
A national survey of HCFs in Rwanda (World Bank Service Provision Assessment 2007) found that 28% of health centers in Rwanda had year-round water supplied in the facility by tap or available within 500 m of the facility. The survey reported that 59% of health centers had power routinely ...
We simulate travel times from households to health centers in eastern Rwanda.We investigate the association between travel time and height-for-age z-scores.Travel time is negatively associated with height-for-age z-scores.We conclude that increasing access by investing in infrastructure is expensive....
Cost-effectiveness of a mentorship and quality improvement intervention to enhance the quality of antenatal care at rural health centers in Rwanda Objective: To estimate cost-effectiveness of Mentorship, Enhanced Supervision for Healthcare and Quality Improvement (MESH-QI) intervention to... A Manzi,...
In 2011, the Mentorship, Enhanced Supervision for Healthcare and Quality Improvement (MESH-QI) program was implemented to strengthen providers’ ANC performance at 21 rural health centers in Rwanda. We evaluated the effect of MESH-QI on the completeness of danger sign assessments. Methods ...
Shumbusho F, Van Griensven J, Lowrance D, Turate I, Weaver MA, Price J, Binagwaho A: Task shifting for scale-up of HIV care: evaluation of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment at rural health centers in Rwanda. PLoS Med. 2009, 6: e1000163-10.1371/journal.pmed.1000163. Article PubMed...