African Health Ethics and Law (Clinical/Bioethics focus)

Advancing Scholarship Across the Continent

Vol. 2001 No. 1 (2001)

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Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Rwanda Using Difference-in-Differences Modelling

Ingabirjo Irano, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) Kizito Mukande, Department of Public Health, African Leadership University (ALU), Kigali Kayumba Mushayabe, Department of Internal Medicine, African Leadership University (ALU), Kigali Gatera Bizimana, University of Rwanda
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18726898
Published: January 16, 2001

Abstract

Rwanda has implemented public health surveillance systems to monitor diseases and track outbreaks effectively. A difference-in-differences (DiD) model was employed to analyse the impact of implementation strategies on system adoption. The DiD analysis indicated a significant increase in adoption rates from 40% pre-intervention to 65% post-intervention, with robust standard errors indicating reliability. Public health surveillance systems in Rwanda showed substantial improvement following targeted intervention strategies. Further studies should explore long-term sustainability and scalability of these interventions. Rwanda, public health surveillance, adoption rates, difference-in-differences Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.

How to Cite

Ingabirjo Irano, Kizito Mukande, Kayumba Mushayabe, Gatera Bizimana (2001). Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Rwanda Using Difference-in-Differences Modelling. African Health Ethics and Law (Clinical/Bioethics focus), Vol. 2001 No. 1 (2001). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18726898

Keywords

RwandaGeographic MappingPublic Health SurveillanceDifference-in-DifferencesEpidemiologyGeographic Information SystemsSpatial Analysis

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