June 13

• Rwanda: Health Centres Get CD4, HIV Testing Machines

  Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF) has donated three CD4 machines to help in testingfor HIV and immunity of patients before putting them on antiretroviral therapy. The machines... Read more »

June 10

• Rwanda: Voluntary HIV Testing Targets Five Million Workers By 2015

  About 40 per cent of people living with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, don't know their status and are missing out on accessing treatment, according to a recent statement from... Read more »

• Rwanda: Sex Education Will Help Fight HIV - Anglican Church

  Teaching the young generation about the dangers of committing adultery will contribute towards fighting HIV/AIDS, the president of Mother's Union in the Anglican Church in Rwanda... Read more »

• Rwanda: Drink to Blackout, Mr Death Calls

  At the end of a hectic day at work, many choose to get 'one for the road' to relax, get rid of stress or socialise with friends. Sadly for some, 'one for the road' becomes 'one too... Read more »

June 3

• Rwanda: Condom Prices Slashed By 50 Percent

  The spread of HIV/AIDS could be reduced by tremendous percentage in the districts of Ruhango, Karongi, Muhanga, Nyanza, Rutsiro and Ngororero, among many other places in the... Read more »

• Rwanda: Residents Urged to Test for HIV/Aids

  Rwandans have been urged to seek voluntary HIV counselling and testing to know their sero status. Read more »

May 27

• Rwanda: Why False Positive HIV Test Can Mislead Clinicians [opinion]

  Many people working in the health sector are always scared of possible viral infection due to constant contact with patients' blood and body fluids. This scares some people from... Read more »

• Rwanda: Mrs Kagame Elected Vice President of African First Ladies Anti-Aids Body

  The General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/Aids (OAFLA) yesterday elected the First Lady Jeannette Kagame as the organisation's Vice President. Read more »

May 24

• Rwanda: Fistula Patients Still Live in Hiding, Says Health Official

  There are no statistics on the number of people suffering from fistula because many of them conceal their illness and shy away from the public, a Ministry of Health official has... Read more »

May 13

• Rwanda: Activists Move to Protect Rights of Women Living With HIV/Aids

  Women infected with HIV⁄Aids should enjoy the same inheritance rights like any other members of the family, officials from the Women Network for Rural Development have said. Read more »

• Rwanda: UNAIDS Chief Hails Rwanda's HIV Fight

  Rwanda has proved to the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) that it can achieve zero HIV infection rate, if mechanisms in place are firmly maintained. Read more »

• Rwanda: Interview - Zero New HIV Infections Achievable - UNAIDS Boss [interview]

  The African continent has embarked on a crusade to contain HIV by 2015, a deadline set by UN member states. However, strong commitment from the government, Non Government... Read more »

May 9

• Rwanda: Civil Society Commended for Fight Against HIV/Aids

  The Executive Director of Unaids, has commended civil society organisations for their contribution to HIV response in Rwanda. Read more »

May 7

• Rwanda: First Lady, UNAIDS Chief Visit Police Hospital

  The visiting Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé, and First Lady Jeannette Kagame, yesterday, toured Kacyiru Police Hospital. Read more »

May 1

• Rwanda: Church Leaders Tipped On GBV and HIV/Aids

  Church leaders from Shyira and Kivu dioceses have been asked to step up the fight against Gender Based Violence and HIV in the region. Read more »

April 26

• Rwanda: Imbuto Spreads Mother-to-Child HIV Infection Campaign to Ngoma District

  Imbuto Foundation has committed to accelerating progress of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Ngoma district. Read more »

April 23

• Rwanda: Condoms Vending Machines Idle - Study

  Many condom vending machines at city hotspots and lodges are either run down or idle, signalling the possibility that Kigali could be short of the HIV preventive gadgets. Read more »

April 18

• Rwanda: Imbuto Project to Eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV Infection

  Imbuto Foundation, on Tuesday, announced plans to set up a model facility in Bugesera district, which will integrate elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV/Aids (EMTCT)... Read more »

April 15

• Rwanda: Ntarama - Dark and Full of History

  Ntarama Township is located approximately 30km south of Kigali City in Bugesera district. Just about 500 meters from this place stands the former Ntarama Catholic Church, which has... Read more »

April 11

• Rwanda: New Anti-Retroviral Treatment Rolled Out

  The government has of recent rolled out the third line of Anti-Retroviral (ARVs) treatment for HIV-positive persons who are facing resistance with the first and second line ARV... Read more »

April 5

• Rwanda: Awareness Campaign Lowers New HIV Infections

  Several HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns by the government and other stakeholders have recorded significant improvement in the reduction of new HIV infections in the country. Read more »

April 4

• Rwanda: Forum On Disability and HIV/Aids Ends

  A two-day national forum on disability and HIV⁄Aids ended yesterday with a call to achieve zero new infection, zero death and zero stigma by 2015. Read more »

• Rwanda: Church Injects Over Rwf60 Million in Kicukiro Cooperatives

  The Evangelical Restoration Church has so far given out Rwf67 million to 36 cooperatives in four sectors of Kicukiro district. The support, meant to fight poverty, is part of a... Read more »

February 19

• Rwanda: City Authorities Rollout New HIV/Aids Policy

  The Director-general of Public Health in Kigali, Dr Blaise Uhagaze, has said the city will prioritise the fight against HIV/Aids because it is more prevalent in Kigali than in the... Read more »

February 15

• Rwanda: Youth Sensitised On Condom Use

  AIDS Health Care Foundation, a local non governmental organisation, in conjunction with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), on Wednesday, called on the youth to embrace condom use... Read more »