Nurturing Hope in Rwandan Healthcare Settings: Exploring Factors that Influence Hope Among Healthcare Providers, Pregnant Women, and Mothers with Children Under Five Years. Authors: Angele Bienvenue Ishimwe, Annick Gloria Uwitonze, Sarah Mullane, Valens Hafashimana, Diana Nambatya Nsubuga, Sandra Isano, Diana Rujema, Talia Gramiccia, Wendy Leonard Our new…
Utilizing a Hope Framework to gauge perceptions of quality health care amongst women living with HIV and their healthcare providers in Rwanda. Our recent study, accepted for IAS 2025, Utilizing a Hope Framework to Gauge Perceptions of Quality Health Care Amongst Women Living with HIV and Their Healthcare…
Advancing Maternal and Child Health: Evaluating Solutions for Childhood Stunting in Rwanda Childhood stunting is a significant health challenge in Rwanda, affecting 33% of children under the age of five. This condition, which results from chronic malnutrition, affects children’s growth and development and has long-term impacts on their…
Supporting Resilience for Rwanda’s Healthcare Workers Recent research conducted by TIP Global Health revealed a critical need among Rwanda’s frontline healthcare workers (HCWs)—70% of whom are women—for tools to help manage the daily pressures of healthcare delivery. These HCWs are at the forefront of healthcare in their communities,…
It was wonderful to be back with our friends and colleagues in Detroit! We were so inspired by the tridirectional learning and commitment to harnessing Hope to drive health equity and reverse maternal mortality from Rwanda to Detroit, Michigan and Watsonville, California! Hope is the unspoken yet essential…
Authors Ishimwe, Angele Bienvenue; Uwitonze. Annick Gloria; Nsubuga, Diana Nambatya, PhD; Leonard, Wendy, MD Background Despite numerous safe motherhood campaigns happening in Rwanda, only 47% of pregnant women complete the 4 standard Antenatal Care Visits (ANC), while 56% attend the first standard visit. This is a threat to…
Listen to TIP Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Wendy Leonard, speak with host Mark Cohen of the podcast “You Are Doing What?” about TIP’s processes and technologies that are designed to achieve improved health outcomes in Africa and beyond. Listen now.
Watch the virtual summit, held on October 6, 2021, that explored the role of hopefulness in addressing health disparities in communities & burnout among frontline healthcare workers. Moderated by Linda Villarosa from The New York Times, the speakers featured include Angele Bienvenue Ishimwe from TIP Global Health, Dr….
When Henry Ford Health System visited Rwanda in partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, they visited Ruli District, Rwanda and were impressed by TIP Global Health’s Hope Initiative research. TIP developed the Hope Initiative to better understand the influence of health system design on hope among nurses and…
Watch a panel discussion between TIP Global Health’s Dr. Wendy Leonard and Angele Bienvenue Ishimwe and Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara from Wayne State University. They discuss the Hope Initiative’s research and findings and the role hopefulness plays in achieving sustained improvements in health outcomes.
