Rwanda

INNOVATION THROUGH TELEMEDICINE TO IMPROVE MEDICATION ABORTION ACCESS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT, RWANDA RESEARCH BRIEF – FEBRUARY 2024

February 1, 2024

Telemedicine provides a unique opportunity to improve abortion care in Rwanda by allowing for service provision at primary care level. Efficacy of medication abortion is well established in healthcare,yet research in Rwanda is still needed to determine the effectiveness and safety of management of first trimester medication abortion cases at health centers. While current services are only available in district hospitals, services at health centers would decrease referrals for first trimester medication abortion. This strategy will also reduce costs of service provision and address...

INNOVATION THROUGH TELEMEDICINE TO IMPROVE MEDICATION ABORTION ACCESS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT, RWANDA RESEARCH BRIEF – FEBRUARY 2024

UC Berkeley Bixby Center
RHIYW
Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Rwanda Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
2024

INTRODUCTION


Telemedicine provides a unique opportunity to improve abortion care in Rwanda by allowing for service provision at primary care level. Efficacy of medication abortion is well established in healthcare,yet research in Rwanda is still needed to determine the effectiveness and safety of management of first trimester medication abortion cases at health centers. While current services are only available in district hospitals, services at health centers would decrease referrals for first trimester medication abortion. This strategy will also reduce costs of service...

Karen Weidert will present a top poster at the Society of Family Planning annual meeting on December 3rd

November 29, 2022

The poster highlights our work using telemedicine to increase access to 1st trimester abortion in Rwanda.

Please click here for the poster.

Ndola Prata’s Video Presentation: Innovation through Telemedicine to Improve Medication Abortion Access in Musanze, Rwanda

March 15, 2022

Telemedicine provides a unique opportunity to increase access to abortion care in Rwanda by task-shifting the provision of medication abortion while still complying with law that states only medical doctors can authorize abortion services. In this project, nurses/midwives in public health centers in Musanze District are providing first trimester medication abortion services by using telemedicine to connect with district hospital doctors for authorization. This presentation will discuss how we are implementing a high tech project design in a low technology setting; providing critical...

Rwanda PAC Women’s Educational Booklet

VSI
2013

Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postabortion care (PAC) operations research project in Rwanda using the local Kinyarwanda language.

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Expanding Access to Postabortion Care Services in Rwanda

VSI
2013

This brief summarizes the final results of a comprehensive postabortion care (PAC) pilot program conducted by the Rwanda Ministry of Health and VSI to address maternal deaths due to unsafe abortion. The results demonstrate that enabling mid-level providers at health centers to provide PAC through the integration of misoprostol as a treatment method increases the availability of PAC services and brings them closer to women.

Click here for the brief in French...

Rwanda PAC Poster

VSI
2013

Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postabortion care (PAC) operations research project in Rwanda written using the local Kinyarwanda language.

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Rwanda PPH Misoprostol Flipchart

VSI
2013

Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) operations research project in Rwanda using the local Kinyarwanda language.

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Rwanda PPH Misoprostol Handout 2013

VSI
2013

Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) operations research project in Rwanda using the local Kinyarwanda language.

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