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The objective of this study is to assess the change in the utilization of maternal and child health (MCH) services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
These slides were presented at the Global Immunization Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2018 on empowering health workers for immunization data analysis and use.
Home-based record (HBR) for Rwanda circa 2012 (maternal)
Home-based record (HBR) for Rwanda circa 2014 (female)
Despite its promise, however, the digital health landscape today is highly fragmented. The result is a myriad of digital health projects and applications that rarely reach scale and if they were to...
Despite the improvements made in global immunization coverage for children over the past decade,1,2 an estimated 21.8 million infants worldwide are still not being reached by routine immunization...
Pneumonia is a public health problem in the tropics, and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugative vaccine (PCV-7) has been introduced in an effort to prevent the disease and therefore reduce childhood...
As the pace of vaccine uptake accelerates globally, there is a need to document low-income country experiences with vaccine introductions. Over the course of five years, the government of Rwanda...
Background. Rotavirus vaccine efficacy is lower in low-income countries than in high-income countries. Rwanda was one of the first low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to introduce rotavirus...
This report presents communication guidance and specific considerations for countries that plan to introduce human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into their national immunization programme. New vaccine...
The number of admissions to hospital for diarrhoea and rotavirus in Rwanda fell substantially after rotavirus vaccine implementation, including among older children age-ineligible for vaccination,...
Detailed cost evaluations of delivery of new vaccines such as pneumococcal conjugate, human papillomavirus (HPV), and rotavirus vaccines in low and middle-income countries are scarce. This paper...
The study found that new vaccines were viewed positively and seemed to integrate well into existing health systems. The introductions were found to have had no impact on many elements within the...
...In recent decades, routine screening programmes have reduced cervical cancer morbidity and mortality in high-income countries, and this trend is expected to accelerate as vaccination coverage is...
Over the past several years, the development of new vaccines, along with global efforts to make them more available and affordable, has resulted in the introduction of lifesaving vaccines in...
This study reviews the administrative routine immunization data from 15 African countries for the period from January 2018 to June 2020 to analyze the trends in the monthly number of children...
This report highlights the achievements made in expanding access to vaccines in Africa and discusses some of the remaining challenges to achieving universal access to vaccines. The timing of this...
The development, through a public–private partnership, of a safe, effective, and affordable vaccine for sub-Saharan Africa, PsA-TT, offers a new paradigm for the development of vaccines...
In June 2001, BMGF awarded a grant of US$70 million to create the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) as a partnership between PATH and WHO, with the specific goal of developing an affordable MenA...
Background
Health data can be useful for effective service delivery, decision making, and evaluating existing programs in order to maintain high quality of healthcare. Studies have shown variability...
This report presents a series of brief case studies supported by the existing literature on the deployment of digital solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically describes how electronic...
Este informe presenta una serie de estudios de caso breves que se basan en la literatura ya existente sobre el despliegue de soluciones digitales durante la pandemia de la COVID-19. Describe, sobre...
Le présent rapport décrit une série d’études de cas succinctes, appuyées par la littérature existante sur le déploiement de solutions numériques au cours de la pandémie de COVID-19. Il...
Highlighting Rwanda’s Experience Scaling Real-time Monitoring Approaches Using Digital Solutions to Support COVID-19 Surveillance, COVID-19 Vaccination and Case Management
Revue sur l'expérience du Rwanda en matière de mise à l’échelle de méthodes de suivi en temps réel et d’utilisation de solutions numériques pour renforcer la surveillance de la COVID-19,...
Leveraging the existing digital infrastructure for the COVID-19 vaccination response in Rwanda
TIRER PARTI DES INFRASTRUCTURES NUMÉRIQUES EXISTANTES POUR LA RIPOSTE PAR LA VACCINATION CONTRE LA COVID-19
Report that outlines the findings from the study on COVID-19 vaccine demand promotion drawing on the qualitative data gathered from Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa and South Sudan,Report that outlines...