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DESIRE HABONIMANA

DESIRE HABONIMANA

Contact information

Email
desire.habonimana@univ.ox.ac.uk

Supervisors

Prof Mike English

Dr Catia Nicodemo

Dr Attakrit Leckcivilize

Colleges

University College

Desire Habonimana

DPhil Student of Clinical Medicine

Education

MSc Health Economics and Decision Science, University College London 2019

MSc Epidemiology (Implementation Science), University of the Witwatersrand 2017

Doctor of Medicine, University of Burundi 2015

Previous Experience

Lecturer, University of Burundi, December 2017 – present

CEO, Health Healing Network Burundi June 2015 – May 2017

Individual Consultant: WHO and The Global Fund from 2018

Thesis

Addressing the need for an appropriate skilled delivery care workforce in Burundi to support Maternal and Newborn Health Service Delivery Redesign (MNH-Redesign)

DPhil Project Overview

Recent publications

Implementation science in Africa—whose epistemology counts?

Eboreime E. et al, (2026), The Lancet Global Health, 14, e286 - e290

Determinants of neonatal mortality at Kamenge Teaching Hospital, Burundi: a prospective cohort study

Ndayishimiye JC. et al, (2025), BMC Public Health, 25

Ensuring the safety of newborns and children through community and healthcare actions

Muzigaba M. et al, (2025), PLOS Medicine, 22, e1004730 - e1004730

Enhancing learning from evaluations in newborn and child health

Blacklock C. et al, (2025), BMJ Global Health, 10, e019663 - e019663

Eight years into the horizon of aspirational maternal and newborn health pledges: a nationwide cross-sectional exploration of the Burundian EmONC network capacity and budget deficits

Habonimana D. et al, (2024), BMJ Open, 14, e083546 - e083546