Samson Radeny
Chief of party, Ingobyi Project, Rwanda
For more than 25 years, IntraHealth has collaborated with the government of Rwanda and local partners to meet the country’s need for high-quality health services by training health workers and strengthening the systems that support them. Together, we’ve established decentralized health services that engage communities in defining and ensuring the quality of their care.
With IntraHealth’s support, the Rwanda Ministry of Health is developing a culture of data analysis and use that improves planning related to the health workforce and the delivery of high-quality care to clients. Our programs in Rwanda bring high-quality services closer to communities who need them, including services for:
- Family planning
- Maternal & newborn care
- Pediatric care
- Malaria prevention & treatment
- Nutrition education
- Gender-based violence
- Safe surgery in family planning & obstetrics
- COVID-19
Selected Achievements
Designed a knowledge management platform to address the information needs of Rwanda's supply chain personnel in collaboration with the Regional Centre of Excellence of Supply Chain Management.
Contributed—through work in policy, decentralization, education and training, and community-based care—to a dramatic rise in use of modern contraception in Rwanda, from 4% in 2005 to 27% in 2007-2008.
Developed a Provider Registry based on IntraHealth’s open source iHRIS software to support expansion of the Rwanda Health Information Exchange.
Trained physicians and nurses in Rwanda to offer nonsurgical vasectomies, resulting in more than 450 men opting for the procedure in the program’s first year.
Developed a nutrition education program for district hospitals in Rwanda to combat chronic child malnutrition.
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