IN THIS ISSUE:
The Public Health Bulletin – Rwanda, Vol. 6 (4); December 2025
Online ISSN: : 2663-4651
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Foreword
Evaluation of Impact of Bilharzia Storytelling on Community Awareness of schistosomiasis among primary school-aged children in Bugesera District, Rwanda, 2024
Bertrand Byishimo1,2, Johannes Waltz3; Namita Ullegadi3; Ladislas Nshimiyimana2, Eugene Rubenziza4; Bosco Mbonigaba2, Aimable Mbituyumuremyi2; Celine Joyeuse Mbabazi1, Yvonne Ninyembabazi1, Emile
Twagirumukiza1, Didier Nsanzimfura1, Eric Niyongira5
1Bilharzia Storytelling Lab, Kigali, Rwanda
2Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda
3Merck Group, Darmstadt, Germany
4End Fund, New York, USA
5Rwanda NGOs Forum, Kigali Rwanda.
Levels of Language Communication Abilities in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome Attending Three Selected Special Schools in Kigali as Perceived by Parents, 2024
Divine Girizina1,*, Joseph Nshimiyimana1, Felix Niyonkuru1, Peter Mooni Nyangezi1, Jean Marie Vianney Iradukunda1, Pasteur Butoya2, Moussa Hakizimana3
1Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
2Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
3Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
The Use of Seasonality Data Analysis for Decision-making for Improved Maternal Health in Rwanda, 2025
Mary Hadley1,*, Silas Rudasingwa2, Donatien Ngabo3, Francois Regis Cyiza2
1Context in Development, Maids Moreton, United Kingdom
2Maternal, Child and Community (MCCH) Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Kigali, Rwanda
3Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Challenges and Needs of the Implementation of National Older Person’s Policy in Kigali: A qualitative study, 2025
Angelique Iradukunda1, Anne Kumurenzi2, Moussa Hakizimana2, Joseph Nshimiyimana3,*
1Department of Physiotherapy, King Faisal Hospital Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
2Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
3Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
Unspoken Pain in Post-Conflict Mental Health Practice: A Field Reflection from Rwanda, 2025
Yves Gashugi1,2,*, Fraterne Kayitare1, Chaste Uwihoreye1
1Rwanda Psychological Society, Kigali, Rwanda.
2University of Global Health Equity, Burera, Butaro, Rwanda
