Mental illness affects millions of people worldwide, and Innovative digital solutions are essential to improving mental health literacy, overcoming access barriers, and enhancing engagement with care. This is a pilot cross-sectional survey study designed to evaluate a mental health application (App) usability in Rwanda.

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-altering condition that significantly impacts physical health and community reintegration. Despite the global prevalence of SCI, wheelchair users often face barriers to reintegration, particularly in low-resource settings like Rwanda. This study explored the perceptions of wheelchair users with SCI regarding community reintegration, focusing on facilitators and barriers.

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Community Health Workers (CHWs) play an increasingly vital role in primary healthcare across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet their involvement in surgical care remains underexplored. In Rwanda, CHWs are well-integrated into the health system, but their potential to support surgical outcomes, particularly in post-operative care and research, has not been systematically examined.

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Despite the high demand for pain relief during labor, access to labor analgesia remains limited in low-resource settings due to different challenges such as shortage of staff, inadequate equipment and supplies, insufficient training, high cost, and lack of local protocols. This project aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a labor analgesia program at a major teaching hospital in Rwanda.

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