Use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies and interventions among community health workers globally: a scoping review

J Early, C Gonzalez, V Gordon-Dseagu… - Health promotion …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
There is mounting evidence to show that community health workers (CHWs) play a positive
role in improving population health by connecting people to information, resources, and …

Critical care outcomes in resource-limited settings

M Vukoja, ED Riviello, MJ Schultz - Current Opinion in Critical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Outcomes from HICs cannot be reliably extrapolated to LMICs, so it is important to study
outcomes for critically ill patients in LMICs. Specific challenges to achieving meaningful …

Prevalence and predictors of surgical-site infection after caesarean section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda

T Nkurunziza, F Kateera, K Sonderman… - Journal of British …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background There are few prospective studies of outcomes following surgery in rural district
hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and predictors …

Growing research in global surgery with an eye towards equity

BL Hedt-Gauthier, R Riviello… - Journal of British …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Global surgery research is often generated through collaborative partnerships
between researchers from both low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income …

Developing a mobile health application for wound telemonitoring: a pilot study on abdominal surgeries post-discharge care

T Baniasadi, M Hassaniazad… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2023 - Springer
Background Many early signs of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) developed during the first thirty
days after discharge remain inadequately recognized by patients. Hence, it is important to …

[HTML][HTML] The effect and feasibility of mhealth-supported surgical site infection diagnosis by community health workers after cesarean section in rural rwanda …

F Kateera, R Riviello, A Goodman… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2022 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background The development of a surgical site infection (SSI) after cesarean section (c-
section) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-income countries …

Does community-based health insurance protect women from financial catastrophe after cesarean section? A prospective study from a rural hospital in Rwanda

R Koch, T Nkurunziza, N Rudolfson… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background The implementation of community-based health insurance in (CBHI) in Rwanda
has reduced out of pocket (OOP) spending for the> 79% of citizens who enroll in it but the …

Understanding mobile application development and implementation for monitoring Posyandu data in Indonesia: a 3-year hybrid action study to build “a bridge” from …

FR Rinawan, AI Susanti, I Amelia, MN Ardisasmita… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Limited information is available on how mobile health (mHealth) application
(app) technology on mother and child health (MCH) is developed. This research aimed (a) to …

The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures

A Niyigena, B Alayande, L Bikorimana… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction While it is recognized that there are costs associated with postoperative patient
follow-up, risk assessments of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) due to surgery in …

Variability of water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions and the potential infection risk following cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda

KA Robb, F Kateera, T Nkurunziza… - Journal of Water and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is critical for the prevention of postpartum
infections. The aim of this study was to characterize the WASH conditions women are …