Tumusime Musafiri

Biographic Data

ID9000732
NAMETumusime Musafiri
GIVEN NAMESTumusime
FAMILY NAMEMusafiri
SIGNATUREMUSAFIRI T
AFFILIATIONSPartners in Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Kigali, Rwanda
ORCID0000-0001-5863-2818
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Measuring community engagement and trust in community health workers in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda

    Open AccessStephanie Armbruster, Stefanie A Joseph et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Community health workers (CHWs) increase the accessibility of institutional health systems by building trust in communities. We assessed community members' trust in CHWs in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda. We explored whether potentially modifiable factors, including sex concordance between community members and CHWs and time spent by CHWs engaging with their community, are associated with increased trust in CHWs. Methods: test and explored…

  • Identifying context-specific community understanding of Covid-19 and mental health in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda

    Open AccessStefanie A Joseph, Vincent K Cubaka et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    Background Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in spreading health-related information in low-and middle-income countries. Assessing their knowledge is crucial to combat health misinformation.Objective To identify locally relevant COVID-19 and mental health-related information commonly held by CHWs and the misconceptions most prevalent in their communities in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda.Methods A card-sorting activity was conducted wi…

  • Knowledge among patients with Hepatitis C initiating on direct-acting antiviral treatment in rural Rwanda

    Open AccessDale A Barnhart, Innocent Kamali et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    BACKGROUND: Curative direct-acting antiviral treatment (DAA) has made it plausible to implement hepatitis C elimination interventions. However, poor hepatitis C knowledge among patients could impede the effectiveness of screening and treatment programs. OBJECTIVE: We assessed knowledge on hepatitis C among rural Rwandans initiating DAA treatment for hepatitis C in a prospective cohort. METHODS: We administered 15 true-false statements before trea…