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Causes of injuries resulting in a visit to the emergency department of a Provincial General Hospital, Nyanza, western Kenya
(African Health Sciences, 2012-06-02)Background: There is increasing importance of trauma not only as a major cause of surgical admissions, but also as a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability. Objective: To document injury-related visits ... -
Factors associated with viral load suppression among HIV patients in Rutsiro District, Rwanda
(Global Scientific Journals, 2021-06)Introduction: HIV/AIDS constitutes a global public health problem since the early 1980s. Globally, there was 37.9 million PLHIV with 79% informed of their status, of the 78% accessing ART and their 86% had viral load ... -
Factors Associated with Non-Use of Mosquito Nets for Prevention and Control of Malaria among Rural Communities in Nyagatare District, Rwanda
(EC Nutrition, 2020-12)Malaria is one of the top causes of death and illness in subtropical and tropical region. Taking into consideration the contribution of bed nets use and factors correlated to their non-utilization at community level for ... -
Environmental and Nutritional Determinants of Diarrhoea Disease Among Children Under Five Years in Rwanda
(Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2020-12)Background Diarrhoea remains one of the leading of causes of deaths in children under five years old globally. Children under five years are more vulnerable to diarrhea especially those from low and middle countries. The ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with low birth weight among neonates in Rwanda
(Life Research, 2021-04)Objective: Low birth weight is a global concern in both developed and developing countries. This problem represents a high proportion in Africa and Asia. In Rwanda, low birth weight is also conspicuous. The main objective ... -
Social-Cultural Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behaviours among Young People in Gatsata and Remera Sectors, Gasabo District in Rwanda
(World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2021-06)Background: Sexual behaviors of young people are becoming one of the critical social and major public-health concerns in recent years. The study aimed to examine social-cultural factors associated with risky sexual behaviours ... -
Utilization of Computer Technology in Nursing Practice
(Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2020)Introduction: The purpose of this study was to institutional related factors in the utilization of computer technology amongst Nurse-midwives in nursing practice in Kwale County. Method: Institution based descriptive ... -
PERCEPTIONS AND SATISFACTION TOWARDS COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INSURANCE (CBHI) AMONG PATIENTS SEEKING CARE IN KIGEME HOSPITAL, NYAMAGABE DISTRICT, RWANDA
(Global Scientific Journals, 2020-10)Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) is an emerging concept for providing financial protection against the cost of illness and improving access to quality health services for low-income rural households who are excluded ... -
Contraceptive use and associated factors among youth aged 15-24 years in Kicukiro District, Rwanda
(Global Scientific Journals, 2020-06)Access to contraceptives is of a particular importance in reducing high rates of unplanned pregnancies and increased rates of sexual transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. In Rwanda there is a significant proportion of ... -
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of mosquito species during the dry season along the Mara River and its tributaries, in Kenya and Tanzania
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: Vector-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a major health problem among communities living along the major rivers of Africa. Although larger water bodies such as lakes and dams have been extensively ... -
Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Springer Plus, 2015)Among all the malaria controlling measures, biological control of mosquito larvae may be the cheapest and easiest to implement. This study investigated baseline predation of immature mosquitoes by macroinvertebrate predators ... -
Distribution and abundance of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis host snails along the Mara River in Kenya and Tanzania
(Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (Taylor & Francis), 2014-10-24)We purposively selected 39 sampling sites along the Mara River and its two perennial tributaries of Amala and Nyangores and sampled snails. In addition, water physicochemical parameters (temperature, turbidity, dissolved ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Modern Contraceptive Methods Dropout among Women of Reproductive Age in Gatsibo District in Rwanda
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2020-11)The use of modern contraceptive methods is important as it assists couples to give birth to the desired number of children and space pregnancies. Government of Rwanda has put much emphasis on family planning services ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards contraceptive Use among Unmarried Females Students at Mount Kenya University Rwanda
(Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports, 2020-12)Background: Contraceptive use is one of the effective means for preventing unintended pregnancies and is highly affected by cultural and social demographic background especially in premarital or unmarried females. Rwanda ... -
Knowledge and Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity Prevention among Women Attending Kibagabaga Hospital, Rwanda
(JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, 2021-02)Women in Rwanda are still suffering from overweight and obesity and health-related complications. However, little is known about overweight/obesity prevention knowledge and factors associated with overweight/ obesity ... -
Factors Influencing Late Utilization of First Antenatal Care Services Among Pregnant Women in Rwanda
(Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports, 2021-05)Background: Early antenatal care (ANC) attendance promotes early detection and treatment of pregnant complications. The late utilization of ANC refers to seeking ANC services after twelve weeks of pregnancy. The research ... -
The cost of providing hypertension health care in public health facilities case study of the NCD clinic at Rwinkwavu district hospital
(MOJ Public Health, 2020-03-06)Background: The cost of hypertension healthcare services is increasing worldwide due to increase of its prevalence estimated to 40% in adults globally and high prevalence 46% is in Sub-Saharan African. The purpose of this ... -
Contraceptive use and associated factors among youth aged 15-24 years in Kicukiro District, Rwanda
(Global Scientific Journals, 2020-06)Access to contraceptives is of a particular importance in reducing high rates of unplanned pregnancies and increased rates of sexual transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. In Rwanda there is a significant proportion of ... -
KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES ON MANAGERIAL ELEMENTS OF HEALTHCARE MANAGERS IN RULINDO DISTRICT, RWANDA
(International Academic Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2020-07-07)Background: The healthcare industry is gradually becoming a knowledge-based community that is linked to health facilities, pharmacies, and customers for sharing knowledge, reducing administrative costs and improving quality ... -
PERCEPTIONS AND SATISFACTION TOWARDS COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INSURANCE (CBHI) AMONG PATIENTS SEEKING CARE IN KIGEME HOSPITAL, NYAMAGABE DISTRICT, RWANDA
(Global Scientific Journals, 2020-10)Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) is an emerging concept for providing financial protection against the cost of illness and improving access to quality health services for low-income rural households who are excluded ...
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