Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

Laetitia NYIRAZINYOYE is an assistant lecturer at the National University of Rwanda’s School of Public Health. She received her BA in Public Health and she is currently a PhD student at the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University. Her area of concentration is Community Health with focus on behavior change communication and community-based psychosocial programs. The focus of her studies is the relationship between mental health and human development in a divided society, including the protection of women and children from exposure to and recovery from trauma from genocide, violence and HIV/AIDS. Ms. Nyirazinyoye has conducted qualitative research assessing MAP-funded projects and evaluating case management program implemented by CARE-Rwanda.  Since 2003, she has also served as the Project Manager for a study assessing the psychosocial benefits of a community-based mentoring program for orphans and vulnerable children. Ms. Nyirazinyoye is currently involved as Co-Principal Investigator in an operational research project for Family Health International titled “Utilizing Qualitative Methods to Promote Prevention Among Rwandan PLWHA”.  She is also conducting a survey on the impact of HIV services on the Health System in Rwanda. Mrs. NYIRAZINYOYE is fluent in four languages French, English, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.