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Sexual and Reproductive Health Problems Among Ugandan Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: An Online Cross-sectional Study
(2020)Background The COVID-19 pandemic threatens access to sexual and reproductive health services. With global health emergencies, there is often a total reversal of priorities and access to sexual and reproductive health ... -
Awareness of Breast Disease Among Female Undergraduate Students in Kampala, Uganda: A Descriptive, Cross-sectional Study
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2020)Introduction: Uganda has recognized the importance of breast disease as a public health issue and has implemented efforts to increase awareness, early detection, and improved treatment. However, there are few published ... -
State of pedestrian road safety in Uganda: are interventions failing or absent?
(2019)Background In Uganda, pedestrians are the most frequently injured category of road users, accounting for 40% of road traffic fatalities and 25% of serious injuries every year. There is paucity of information on existing ... -
Laparoscopy in Rwanda: A National Assessment of Utilization, Demands, and Perceived Challenges
(Springer , One New York Plaza, Suite 4600 , New York, United States, Ny, 10004, 2019)Background: Laparoscopy has proven to be feasible and effective at reducing surgical morbidity and mortality in low resource settings. In Rwanda, the demand for and perceived challenges to laparoscopy use remain ... -
Hearing Lossin Resource-limited Settings: The Silent Overlooked Epidemic in Sub-Saharan African Children
(RBC / Rwanda Health Communication Centre, P.O.Box 4586 / Kigali Rwanda., 2019)Hearing Impairment is the most common disability reported worldwide and its consequences profoundly affect quality of life while impacting heavily on the economy. Despite this acknowledgement, priorities for healthcare in ... -
Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda
(Kerman Univ Medical Sciences , Jahad Blvd, Kerman, Iran, 7619813159, 2018)Background: The Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program (HRH Program) is a 7-year (2012-2019) health professional training initiative led by the Government of Rwanda with the goals of training a large, diverse, and ... -
Road Traffic Injuries: Cross-sectional Cluster Randomized Countrywide Population Data From 4 Low-income Countries
(Elsevier Science Inc , Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, USA, NY, 10169, 2018)Introduction Road traffic injuries (RTI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. The burden is highest in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and is increasing. We aimed to describe the ... -
Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 Centers Across Multiple Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures
(Springer , One New York Plaza, Suite 4600 , New York, United States, Ny, 10004, 2017)Background Trauma contributes more than ten percent of the global burden of disease. Initial assessment and resuscitation of trauma patients often requires rapid diagnosis and management of multiple concurrent complex ... -
Academic Collaborations: Do’s and Don’ts
(Springernature , Campus, 4 Crinan St, London, England, N1 9xw, 2017)Collaborations happen when individuals or organizations work together towards a common outcome. Academic collaborations date back to the colonial times but the advent of global health especially in the twenty-first century ... -
Trainee Evaluation of a Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017)Recent global health initiatives have focused on improving human capacity in medical education in low-resource settings. One example is the Rwanda Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, which pairs US medical faculty ... -
Coordinating Between Medical Professions’ Tasks to Optimize Sub-Saharan Health Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries
(Kerman Univ Medical Sciences , Jahad Blvd, Kerman, Iran, 7619813159, 2017)We are grateful that our perspective received commentary from leading experts on African human resources for health. All endorse and several quote our central suggestion that the “development in [non-physician clinician] ... -
Capacity-building for Equitable Global Health Research From Africa: The Power of Two
(Springer, 2016)The editorial ‘‘Productive global health research from Africa: it takes more’’ (Waiswa 2015) is an important awakening for global health professionals to the challenges for carrying out effective research in Africa. Our ... -
Indoor Air Pollution as a Risk Factor for Fatal Anthracosis and Copd in Sub-Saharan Africa–The Case of an Unidentified Rwandan Male of About 50 Years
(RBC / Rwanda Health Communication Centre, P.O.Box 4586 / Kigali Rwanda., 2016)Background: The deposition of particles of coal dust into the lung tissue, particularly due to high exhaust pollution levels in large cities, smoking, or in the coal mining sector, is generally considered as less harmful ... -
Utilizing the American Board of Surgery In-training Exam in a Rwandan Surgical Residency Program: Alignment of Exam Topics With the University of Rwanda General Surgery Curriculum
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2016)Background: University of Rwanda (UR) increased postgraduate surgery training and assessment strategies are needed. We compared American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam (ABSITE) topics with UR surgery curriculum to ... -
Trauma Care and Referral Patterns in Rwanda: Implications for Trauma System Development
(Cma-Canadian Medical Assoc , 1867 Alta Vista Dr, Ottawa, Canada, Ontario, K1g 5w8, 2016)Background: Trauma remains a leading cause of death worldwide. The development of trauma systems in low-resource settings may be of benefit. The objective of this study was to describe operative procedures performed for ... -
Physician Brain Drain in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Career Plans of Rwanda's Future Doctors
(RBC / Rwanda Health Communication Centre, P.O.Box 4586 / Kigali Rwanda., 2016)Introduction: Brain drain is defined as the migration of health personnel in search of the better standard of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditio ... -
Cervical Cancer in Rwanda: Why do Women Consult in Late Stages?
(Rwanda Health Communication Center-Rwanda Biomedical Center (RHCC-RBC), 2016)Introduction: Cervical cancer remains among the most common and a serious cause of cancer-related mortality across the world. Many patients consult in late stages and this account to numerous reasons. We report here the ... -
Scaling up a Surgical Residency Program in Rwanda
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2016)Background: Beginning in 2012, the Government of Rwanda implemented the Human Resources for Health (HRH) program to enhance capacity building in the Rwandan health education sector. Through this program, surgical training ... -
Vital Statistics: Estimating Injury Mortality in Kigali, Rwanda
(Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600 , New York, United States, Ny, 10004, 2016)Background Globally, injury deaths largely occur in low- and middle-income countries. No estimates of injuryassociated mortality exist in Rwanda. This study aimed to describe the patterns of injury-related deaths in Kigali, ... -
An Approach for Setting Evidence-based and Stakeholder-informed Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-income Countries
(World Health Organization, Marketing And Dissemination, Geneva 27, Switzerland, Ch-1211, 2016)To derive evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities for implementation in African settings, the international research consortium Collaboration for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa ...
