Three decades of community health workers in primary healthcare delivery in Rwanda: evolution, impact and policy lessons
CHWs have significantly contributed to the transformation of Rwanda's health system and remain key to advancing universal health coverage. Continued investment in scaling up of existing digital tools and continuous trainings will be key to enhance CHWs' performances and sustain the progress in community health programmes.
Authors
- Pierre Gashema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9348-0936)
- Jeanne Umuhire
- Felix Sayinzoga
- Claude Mambo Muvunyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4180-442X)
- Albert Tuyishime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3118-4989)
- Patrick Gad Iradukunda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0236-7776)
- Emmanuel Edwar Siddig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-7374)
- Fernand Rwamwejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0814-723X)
- Jean De Dieu Harelimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0944-5404)
- Aline Uwimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-4062)
- Sanctus Musafiri
- Emery Hezagira
- Isaac Mbwirabumva
Institutions
- University of Rwanda (RW)
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ET)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (RW)
- Rwanda Biomedical Center (RW)
- University Teaching Hospital of Butare (RW)
- Ministry of Health (RW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021339
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99