A qualitative study to explore the experience of parents of newborns admitted to neonatal care unit in rural Rwanda

• Samuel Byiringiro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sam6as@yahoo.com

  Current address: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliations Maternal and Child Health Department, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-0348

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• Rex Wong,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Jenae Logan,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda

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• Deogratias Kaneza,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ruli District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Gakenke, Rwanda

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• Joseph Gitera,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical and Public Health Services Division, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Sharon Umutesi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maternal, Child and Community Health Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Catherine M. Kirk

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Maternal and Child Health Department, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda

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