Edison Nihiwacu
Partners In Health
4 Papers
Edison Nihiwacu is an academic researcher from Partners In Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Caesarean section & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications.
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Prevalence and predictors of surgical-site infection after caesarean section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda
Theoneste Nkurunziza,Fredrick Kateera,Kristin A. Sonderman,Kristin A. Sonderman,Magdalena Gruendl,Magdalena Gruendl,Edison Nihiwacu,Bahati Ramadhan,Teena Cherian,Evrard Nahimana,Georges Ntakiyiruta,Caste Habiyakare,Patient Ngamije,Alexi Matousek,Alexi Matousek,Erick Gaju,Robert Riviello,Robert Riviello,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier +19 more
TL;DR: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and predictors of surgical‐site infection (SSI) following caesarean section at Kirehe District Hospital in rural Rwanda.
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Validating the Global Surgery Geographical Accessibility Indicator: Differences in Modeled Versus Patient-Reported Travel Times
Niclas Rudolfson,Magdalena Gruendl,Magdalena Gruendl,Theoneste Nkurunziza,Frederick Kateera,Kristin A. Sonderman,Kristin A. Sonderman,Edison Nihiwacu,Bahati Ramadhan,Robert Riviello,Robert Riviello,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier +11 more
TL;DR: In this largest to date GIS validation study for geographical access to healthcare in low- and middle-income countries, a standard GIS model was found to significantly underestimate real travel time, which likely is in part because it does not model the actual route patients are travelling.
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Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers.
Teena Cherian,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier,Theoneste Nkurunziza,Kristin A. Sonderman,Kristin A. Sonderman,Magdalena Gruendl,Magdalena Gruendl,Edison Nihiwacu,Bahati Ramadhan,Erick Gaju,Evrard Nahimana,Caste Habiyakare,Georges Ntakiyiruta,Alexi Matousek,Robert Riviello,Robert Riviello,Fredrick Kateera +16 more
TL;DR: A subset of questions that had good predictive features for SSI, but its sensitivity was lower when administered by CHWs in a clinical setting, and it performed poorly in the community.
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Enablers and barriers to post-discharge follow-up among women who have undergone a caesarean section: experiences from a prospective cohort in rural Rwanda
Theoneste Nkurunziza,Robert Riviello,Frederick Kateera,Edison Nihiwacu,J Nkurunziza,Magdalena Gruendl,Stefanie J. Klug,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors identify enablers and barriers to returning to the hospital after discharge among women who have undergone a c-section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda.