Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali

Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: determinants of prescription behaviour and developing interventions to improve surgical prophylaxis in a Rwandan tertiary hospital—a mixed methods study using the behaviour change wheel

BACKGROUND: Behavioural sciences should be used to design and improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions aiming surgical prophylaxis (SP). METHODS: A mixed-methods study at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda. The study included an audit on SP practices...

Assessment of unsuppressed viral load and its determinants among pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV in the prevention of vertical transmission programme in Bugesera District, Rwanda, 2023

Abstract Background Prevention of vertical transmission (PVT) of HIV programs are designed to prevent the transmission of HIV during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Nevertheless, attaining viral suppression among mothers living with HIV remains a major challenge, especially in resou...