RUGIRA Jean Baptiste

Public Health Practitioner and Researcher

RUGIRA Jean Baptiste

Public Health Practitioner and Researcher

Institution:

Kayonza District

Title:

Public Health Practitioner and Researcher

Countries of Focus:

Rwanda

Languages:

English, French

NTD Focus Areas:

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Leprosy (Hansen's Disease), Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted helminthiases, Trachoma, Yaws (Endemic treponematoses)

Methods of Expertise:

Case Studies, Community Mapping, Focus Group Discussion, Narrative Interviews, Timeline

About:

Expertise in health services research, keeping the public safe and ensure that outbreaks are reduced. water and Sanitation , health promotion and development with more than eight years of extensive field experience, promotion of sanitation and hygiene behaviors, environmental health promotion and management of health programs. Interested in safe motherhood, family planning, I am a dynamic, motivated and entrepreneurial young person with a positive attitude, hardworking and dedicated with a mind-set of self-improvement; I can perform under pressure, pay attention to details and open to a multidisciplinary disposition. SANITATION support human dignity in all interventions because sanitation is not only about health. It is about improving morale and dignity of people.
Specialties:
1. Sanitation Products promotion, like hand washing station made from local materials and local detergents such as ash, program design and management; negotiations.
2. Promoting and educating business on the benefits of health promotion.

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