Published on in Vol 12 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50745, first published .
Feasibility, Acceptability, Satisfaction, and Challenges of an mHealth App (e-ASCov) for Community-Based COVID-19 Screening by Community Health Workers in Rwanda: Mixed Methods Study

Feasibility, Acceptability, Satisfaction, and Challenges of an mHealth App (e-ASCov) for Community-Based COVID-19 Screening by Community Health Workers in Rwanda: Mixed Methods Study

Feasibility, Acceptability, Satisfaction, and Challenges of an mHealth App (e-ASCov) for Community-Based COVID-19 Screening by Community Health Workers in Rwanda: Mixed Methods Study

Abdou Y Omorou   1, 2 , MD, PhD ;   Pacifique Ndishimye   3, 4 , PhD ;   Bruno Hoen   1, 5 , MD, PhD ;   Léon Mutesa   6 , MD, PhD ;   Prosper Karame   4 , MSc ;   Ladislas Nshimiyimana   4 , MSc ;   Simon Galmiche   7 , MD, MPH ;   Hassan Mugabo   4 , MSc ;   Janvier Murayire   8 , MD ;   Muco Mugisha   9 , MD ;   Marie Michele Umulisa   9 ;   Yvonne Delphine Nsaba Uwera   10 , MSc ;   Clarisse Musanagabanwa   4 , PhD ;   Noella Bigirimana   4 ;   Sabin Nsanzimana   11 , MD, PhD ;   Francis Guillemin   1, 2 , MD, PhD ;   Jean Paul Rwabihama   8, 11 , MD, PhD

1 UMR 1319 INSPIIRE, INSERM, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France

2 CHRU Nancy, INSERM, Université de Lorraine, CIC Clinical Epidemiology, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France

3 Laboratory of Emerging and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

4 Research, Innovation and Data Science Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Kigali, Rwanda

5 Direction de la recherche médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

6 Centre for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

7 Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

8 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

9 Rinda Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda

10 Midwifery Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

11 Ministry of Health Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Corresponding Author:

  • Abdou Y Omorou, MD, PhD
  • UMR 1319 INSPIIRE
  • INSERM
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