Jeanne Umuhire
Biographic Data
| ID | 9799092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeanne Umuhire |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Umuhire |
| SIGNATURE | UMUHIRE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rwanda Biomedical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Three decades of community health workers in primary healthcare delivery in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) have been instrumental in the delivery of primary healthcare (PHC) services in Rwanda since 1995, with their responsibilities expanding from basic health promotion to integrated community case management. This study explored the evolution, contributions, challenges and policy implications of Rwanda CHW programme over the past three decades. METHODS: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted across 1…
Strategies for mitigating emerging artemisinin-based antimalarial drug resistance in Rwanda
Malaria treatment failures associated with reduced efficacy of chloroquine (CQ) and amodiaquine (AQ) antimalarial drugs emerged in Rwanda during the 1980s, prompting the policy shift towards adopting artemisinin-based combination therapies in 2006 as an alternative. However, recent findings from malaria surveillance and therapeutic efficacy studies have revealed a countrywide increase in antimalarial drug resistance. Particularly, artemether-lume…
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Three decades of community health workers in primary healthcare delivery in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) have been instrumental in the delivery of primary healthcare (PHC) services in Rwanda since 1995, with their responsibilities expanding from basic health promotion to integrated community case management. This study explored the evolution, contributions, challenges and policy implications of Rwanda CHW programme over the past three decades. METHODS: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted across 1…
Strategies for mitigating emerging artemisinin-based antimalarial drug resistance in Rwanda
Malaria treatment failures associated with reduced efficacy of chloroquine (CQ) and amodiaquine (AQ) antimalarial drugs emerged in Rwanda during the 1980s, prompting the policy shift towards adopting artemisinin-based combination therapies in 2006 as an alternative. However, recent findings from malaria surveillance and therapeutic efficacy studies have revealed a countrywide increase in antimalarial drug resistance. Particularly, artemether-lume…
Amodiaquine (1 works) · Chloroquine (1 works) · Combination therapy (1 works) · Community health (1 works) · Community health workers (1 works) · Computational Drug Discovery Methods (1 works) · Digital health (1 works) · Drug (1 works) · Drug resistance (1 works) · Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection (1 works)