Etienne Mugisho

• Belgian Development Agency

Integrated computerization of HC is valuable and feasible. It (1) enabled the effective management of information flows (administrative, medical, financial, pharmacy, laboratory…), (2) offered diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge support (CBCP - SPT), and (3) automated generation of aggregated health information reports. Automated extraction of NHI...

Digitized Complaint Based Clinical Pathways (CBCP) contribute to rationalizing curative consultation and treatment in Health Centers (HC) and reduce therapeutic uncertainties, justifying their generalization in HC and encouraging the removal of the paper-based version of clinical algorithms.

Le Gouvernement du Burundi, à travers le MSPLS, a élaboré un Plan National de Développement Sanitaire qui couvre la période de 2019 à 2023 (PNDS III 2019-2023) visant l’amélioration de la santé de ses populations. La réalisation de ce plan demande l'implémentation, entre autres, d'un système d’information performant, capable de mettre à la disposit...

We made this presentation at the MedInfo 2017 Congress. It is a 6-year study to evaluate patient health service coverage in 8 hospitals of Burundi. We used data from OpenClinic GA, a hospital information management system, used in these hospitals.

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is at the center of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. In this study, the authors made an evaluation of the patient health coverage indicators in eight Burundian hospitals from 2011 to 2016. The relevant UHC indicators were calculated on the basis of patient administrative and health insurance data, c...

Introduction Since 2012, electronic hospital information management systems (HIMS) have progressively found their way to Burundian health facilities. Private clinics and the military hospital in Bujumbura have been amongst the earliest adopters. Since 2014, the Ministry of Public Health and Fight against AIDS (MSPLS) with the aid of the Belgian Tec...

Background In Burundi, the Ministry of Public Health and Fight against AIDS initiated in 2012 with the support of the Belgian Technical Cooperation, a pilot project for implementing an electronic hospital information management solution in a number of public health facilities. The aim was to improve the overall hospital management and hence the qua...

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is at the center of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. In this study, the authors made an evaluation of the patient health coverage indicators in eight Burundian hospitals from 2011 to 2016. The relevant UHC indicators were calculated on the basis of patient administrative and health insurance data, c...

Background and purpose: The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Burundi initiated in 2014 the development of a national e-health enterprise architecture aiming to reclaim its leadership in this field and to better align existing and future ICT implementations in the health domain with the strategic options defined by the National Plan for Health Developmen...

In order to better align existing and future ICT implementations in the health domain with the strategic options defined by the National Plan for Health Development, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Burundi initiated in 2014 the development of a national e-health enterprise architecture based on the TOGAF methodology. A first part of the development...

Standards in medicine are essential to enable communication between healthcare providers. These standards can be used either for exchanging information, or for coding and documenting the health status of a patient. In this position paper we focus on the latter, namely terminology standards. However, the multidisciplinary field of medicine makes use...

A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. Medical imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis of brain tumors. When a brain tumor is diagnosed, a medical team will be formed (consilium) to assess the treatment options presented by the leading surgeon to the patient and his/her family. Using historical evidence-based healthca...

he basic IEEE 802.15.4 technologies has been the focus of many studies in order to help understanding better the fundamental factors affecting their efficiency. Despite its complexity, the joint evaluation of communications mechanisms at both PHY and MAC layers is expected to lead to more realistic results and to help developing more efficient syst...

In Mali, there were 4508 new cases of tuberculosis in 2003, and 5222 in 2006. Tuberculosis (TB) is thus an important public health problem, decreasing the physical, financial and social capital of individuals, their families and society. Because responses to TB have not yet applied a sufficiently integrated approach that can improve patients' acces...

La tuberculose est une maladie chronique dont la prise en charge nécessite une approche multisectorielle: le social et le biomédical. Une étude socio-anthropologique retraçant les itinéraires thérapeutiques des malades a permis d'identifier les détenteurs d'enjeux dans la gestion de la maladie pour élaborer une « carte des acteurs » et encourager u...

Résumé Objectif . Mettre en place et évaluer une forme d’implication communautaire aux soins tuberculeux dans trois districts sanitaires ruraux (DS). Méthodes . Les profils des représentants communautaires ont été identifiés dans les itinéraires thérapeutiques des patients tuberculeux (PATB). Les contributions communautaires ont été réalisées dans...

The process of referral between the first and the second level of the health system in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poorly understood. This report intends to study the association between the referral and the hospital perinatal outcomes. Delivery outcomes in a retrospective cohort of 1162 women admitted between June 95 and May 96, in two ref...

Unlabelled: This report is the first of 2 papers that analyse data routinely collected in the maternity ward of Rutshuru (democratic Republic of Congo). The present work describes the evolution of caesarean section, maternal deaths and the associated risk factors. Material and methodology: Between 1980 and 1998, data on 13,042 deliveries were co...

Unlabelled: This second paper aims at deriving useful information allowing to improve the strategy applied for maternal health care. Material and methodology: Between 1980 and 1998, data on 13,042 deliveries were collected. Characteristics, mortality, morbidity of mothers and new-born and obstetrical interventions were recorded. The present work...

This report is the first of 2 papers that analyse data routinely collected in the maternity ward of Rutshuru (democratic Republic of Congo). The present work describes the evolution of caesarean section, maternal deaths and the associated risk factors. Material and methodology: Between 1980 and 1998, data on 13,042 deliveries were collected. Charac...

background Since the eighties, the North Kivu Province socio-economic environment has been deteriorating. This province also faced an influx of Rwandan refugees in July 1994. The objective of the paper is to show how a rural health district has been able to adjust and maintain its medical activities under unfavourable conditions. method Performance...

The population of eastern Kivu, like that of Rwanda, has been surviving in critical conditions for many years. The Rwandan refugees of 1994 fled into an area with its own serious problems. The Zaïrean health services in the health districts of Rutshuru, Kirotshe and Masisi, in spite of the political and socioeconomic disintegration of the country,...

In July 1994, a stream of Rwandan refugees entered the southern part of North Kivu Region, Zaire. The public health consequences of this crisis for the host population and health services have not been analysed up to now. The lack of human and financial resources did not prevent Zairian health structures and personnel from taking care of the many r...

MOTS-CLES. — Recherche en PeD; Analyse statistique; Epidémiologie; Malnutrition; Mortalité intra-hospitalière. RESUME. — La recherche dans les pays en développement (PeD) pose notamment le problème de la conduite d'enquêtes de bonne qualité méthodologique. L'objectif de ce tra-vail est de montrer l'apport de la biostatistique dans ce cadre. Trois e...