Briefly, the Rwandan population is estimated at approximately 12.6 million, the health system structure is pyramidal with health posts and health centres at the bottom and referral hospitals at the top, and the number of births annually are around 310,000 [8]. The study adopted a cross-...
Sub-theme 1.1: inspiration from Rwanda’s decentralized health system and PIH’s mission Participants frequently remarked on how deeply they were inspired by Rwanda’s healthcare model, particularly its decentralized structure and the mission of PIH. These factors motivated them to engage more actively...
One of the major problems confronting the health care system in Rwanda is solving two financial challenges within a context of poverty: improving financial access and equal access to the health care system plus mobilization of internal resources to increase financial viability of the health care ...
inequality. It has been argued that inequality results from differences in individual effort or merit or lack thereof (Natasnon, 2016). Secondly, when translated into policies, focusing on equality of opportunities often implies creating “universal” essential services such as public healthcare or fr...
through the national routine surveillance system from both community and health care facilities, and it are managed by the Rwanda Biomedical Center. Managed by the Rwanda Biomedical Center, the data are devoid of personal identifiers and categorize malaria cases into three demographic groups: children ...
In the first stage, six health centers were selected randomly, and then in the second stage, pregnant women visiting Antenatal Care (ANC) were selected systematically (every second pregnant woman was considered). However, the starting point was selected from the two (2) first pregnant women. ...
The study aim was to adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Herth Hope Index (HHI) in Kinyarwanda in a population of healthcare recipients and healthcare workers in Rwanda.A transcultural translation and adaptation of the HHI was conducted using qualitative methods (n=43) to ...
4 CBHI is one of three main financing strategies to reach universal health coverage. The two others being social health insurance (SHI), which is a compulsory system gathering resources for healthcare from employee payroll taxes and managed by a public or quasi-public organisation, and tax-based...
maternity department. According to nurses and midwives, the health system plays an important role in the provision of care which later affects patients’ outcomes. The unstable maternal and newborn outcomes were attributed to the health system structure with the main highlight on the insufficiency ...
In this paper, we define health QI as the continuous efforts of everyone interacting with the health system (healthcare workers, patients, communities, researchers, managers, educators, and policymakers) to make changes that lead to better patient outcomes, system performance, and capacity development...