Evidence shows that human resources represent a pillar that Background: supports the healthcare system. As a result, retaining the health workforce has been considered to be a way of significantly improving of the quality of healthcare services. However, the challenge of retaining the health workforce has been an issue of concern in Rwanda. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of availability and provision of non-financial incentives, and their association with professional health workers' intentions to stay in public district hospitals.A cross-sectional survey research design with a quantitative Methods: approach was used. With a population of 469 health workers from four district hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda, the study used a sample of 252 individuals. The study measured the perceived levels of variability and provision of working conditions, training and development, career development opportunities, and intentions to stay. Logistic regression was used to show associations between predictors and the outcome variable with 95% confidence intervals.
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