Rwanda Biomedical Center

Community barriers, perceptions, and health-seeking behaviors within the one health approach in six priority districts of Rwanda: a descriptive qualitative study

Rwanda’s health security can only be strengthened through integrated One Health approaches that link human, animal, and environmental health. Emerging health threats such as the Marburg Virus highlight the urgency, yet fragmented systems, weak coordination, and behavioral barrier...

Workflow management systems and reproducible pipelines for Plasmodium falciparum genomic surveillance: tools, design principles and infrastructure challenges

Genomic data are increasingly leveraged to enable malaria genomic surveillance, with many teams now generating Plasmodium falciparum sequence data for routine analysis. However, downstream analysis remains dependent on ad-hoc scripts and local infrastructure. This reliance limits...

Prevalence of burnout among practising anaesthesia providers: a systematic review

Summary Introduction Burnout is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. Anaesthesia providers are at particular risk of experiencing burnout, with implications for workforce well‐being and patient safety. We aimed to quantify...

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...

Spatiotemporal trends and multilevel determinants of coexisting maternal and child undernutrition in Nepal: evidence from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2006–2022

Abstract Background Coexisting maternal and child undernutrition (CMCU) is a critical aspect of intergenerational malnutrition. The evidence on its epidemiological trends and spatial distribution remains limited in Nepal. This study investigated the temporal trends, determinants,...

Passive sampling reveals composition of airborne bacteria and fungi across five East African cities

Airborne microbes significantly influence environmental processes and human exposure, yet they remain poorly characterized in Africa. This study presents a regional survey of airborne bacterial and fungal communities across 10 sites in five East African countries: Burundi, the De...