Prof. Stephen Rulisa

University of Rwanda, Rwanda

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

International federation of Obstetricians & Gynaecologist (FIGO)

East Central &Southern African College of Obstetrician Gynaecologists (ECSACOG)

Email: s.rulisa@gmail.com

Qualifications

2014 PhD., Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam

2008 MMed., National University of Rwanda

Publications (Selected)

1. Clemente, N. S., Le Doare, K., Mupere, E., Nachega, J. B., Rulisa, S., & Titanji, B. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: the threat of mpox to children and adolescents. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 8(12), 849-851.
2. Tengera, O., Meharry, P., Nkurunziza, A., Rugema, J., Babenko-Mould, Y., Rulisa, S., & Nyirazinyoye, L. (2024). Exploring Perceptions about Enablers of Women’s Attendance and Adherence to the Recommended Antenatal Care Visits in Rwanda: A Qualitative Study. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 7(1), 101-115.
3. Clemente, N. S., Coles, C., Paixao, E. S., Brickley, E. B., Whittaker, E., Rulisa, S., ... & Tamfum, J. J. M. (2024). Paediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 12(4), e572-e588.
4. Tengera, O., Nyirazinyoye, L., Meharry, P., Rutayisire, R., Rulisa, S., & Haile, Z. T. (2023). Factors associated with receipt of adequate antenatal care among women in Rwanda: A secondary analysis of the 2019–20 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey. Plos one, 18(4), e0284718.
5. Saito, M., McGready, R., Tinto, H., Rouamba, T., Mosha, D., Rulisa, S., ... & Dellicour, S. (2023). Pregnancy outcomes after first-trimester treatment with artemisinin derivatives versus non-artemisinin antimalarials: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. The Lancet, 401(10371), 118-130.
6. Niyibizi, J. B., Ntawuyirushintege, S., Nganabashaka, J. P., Umwali, G., Tumusiime, D., Rulisa, S., ... & Bavuma, C. M. (2023). Community health worker-led cardiovascular disease risk screening and referral for care and further management in rural and urban communities in Rwanda. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(9), 5641.
7. Nsereko, E., Uwase, A., Mukabutera, A., Muvunyi, C. M., Rulisa, S., Ntirushwa, D., ... & Wojcicki, J. M. (2022). Correction: Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22, 777.
8. Niyibizi, J. B., Okop, K. J., Nganabashaka, J. P., Umwali, G., Rulisa, S., Ntawuyirushintege, S., ... & Bavuma, C. M. (2022). Perceived cardiovascular disease risk and tailored communication strategies among rural and urban community dwellers in Rwanda: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 920.
9. Vannevel, V., Vogel, J. P., Pattinson, R. C., Adanu, R., Charantimath, U., Rulisa, S., ... & Oladapo, O. T. (2022). Antenatal Doppler screening for fetuses at risk of adverse outcomes: a multicountry cohort study of the prevalence of abnormal resistance index in low-risk pregnant women. BMJ open, 12(3), e053622.
10. Uwambaye, P., Munyanshongore, C., Rulisa, S., Shiau, H., Nuhu, A., & Kerr, M. S. (2021). Assessing the association between periodontitis and premature birth: a case-control study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 21, 1-9.
11. Bienvenu, E., Mukanyangezi, M. F., Rulisa, S., Martner, A., Hasséus, B., Vorontsov, E., ... & Giglio, D. (2021). Changes in the Proteome in the Development of Chronic Human Papillomavirus Infection—A Prospective Study in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Rwandan Women. Cancers, 13(23), 5983.
12. Rulisa, S., Ntihinyurwa, P., Ntirushwa, D., Wong, A., & Olufolabi, A. (2021). Causes of maternal mortality in Rwanda, 2017–2019. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 138(4), 552-556.
13. Uwambaye, P., Kerr, M., Rulisa, S., Harlan, S., & Munyanshongore, C. (2021). Prevalence of periodontitis and associated factors among pregnant women: a cross sectional survey in Southern Province, Rwanda. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 4(1), 131-150.
14. Collins, S. L., Walsh, J. P., Renaud, J. B., McMillan, A., Rulisa, S., Miller, J. D., ... & Sumarah, M. W. (2021). Improved methods for biomarker analysis of the big five mycotoxins enables reliable exposure characterization in a population of childbearing age women in Rwanda. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 147, 111854.
15. Nsereko, E., Uwase, A., Mukabutera, A., Muvunyi, C. M., Rulisa, S., Ntirushwa, D., ... & Wojcicki, J. M. (2020). Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 20, 1-13.
16. Uwambaye, P., Munyanshongore, C., Kerr, M., Shiau, H., Nyiringango, G., & Rulisa, S. (2020). Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses and midwives working at antenatal clinics in the Southern Province of Rwanda on periodontal diseases: a cross-sectional survey. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 517-523.
17. Wang, D., Krebs, E., Nickenig Vissoci, J. R., de Andrade, L., Rulisa, S., & Staton, C. A. (2020). Built environment analysis for road traffic crash hotspots in Kigali, Rwanda. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2, 17.
18. Påfs, J., Rulisa, S., Klingberg-Allvin, M., Binder-Finnema, P., Musafili, A., & Essén, B. (2020). Implementing the liberalized abortion law in Kigali, Rwanda: Ambiguities of rights and responsibilities among health care providers. Midwifery, 80, 102568.
19. Kalisa, R., Rulisa, S., van den Akker, T., & van Roosmalen, J. (2019). Is prolonged labor managed adequately in rural Rwandan hospitals?. African journal of reproductive health, 23(2), 27-34.
20. Mukanyangezi, M. F., Rugwizangoga, B., Manzi, O., Rulisa, S., Hellstrand, K., Tobin, G., ... & Giglio, D. (2019). Persistence rate of cervical human papillomavirus infections and abnormal cytology in Rwanda. HIV medicine, 20(7), 485-495.

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