September 04
Rwanda: Is Eating Healthy, Nutritious Foods Becoming a Costly Affair?
As the world convenes in Rwanda for the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) to discuss practical ways of transforming African food systems by unleashing their full potential, one… Read more »
January 22
Rwanda: Why Animals Should Not Be Stressed Before Slaughter
Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA) has warned of animal stress before being slaughtered which leads to low-quality meat. Read more »
November 29, 2023
Rwanda: Stunting - Officials Optimistic 2024 Reduction Targets Can Be Met
Despite the pressing timeline, officials from the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) and related institutions maintain optimism about meeting the 2024 stunting reduction targets. Read more »
August 02, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda Surpasses Global Exclusive Breastfeeding Average
In Rwanda, mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants during their first six months by 82.8 percent, above the World Health Organization's global average of 44 percent. Read more »
Rwanda: Fathers Say Their Role in Exclusive Breastfeeding Paying Off
Breastfeeding can be a huge boon for an infant's health, aiding immunity, overall well-being, and parental bonding. Pediatricians recommend exclusively breastfeeding a child for at… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Rwanda: World Breastfeeding Week - Five Things to Know
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration that is held every year from August 1 to August 7. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) more than half a billion… Read more »
June 27, 2023
East Africa: Step Towards Better Nutrition - How Region Could Unlock School Feeding Programme Success
Every individual should be provided with access to a nourishing meal; this is a fundamental human right necessary for leading a healthy life, particularly for children who need… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Renewed Battle Against Stunting
Recent data from a collaborative global database on child malnutrition, comprising UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank, reveals a decline in the… Read more »
May 28, 2023
Rwanda: Pork to Be Included in School Feeding
Plans are underway to facilitate schools integrate pork in school feeding programme as means to eradicate malnutrition, Olivier Kamana, Permanent Secretary at Ministry of… Read more »
May 11, 2023
Rwanda: A Look at the Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project
In 2018, Rwanda and the World Bank launched the Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project (SPRP) to speed up the government's efforts to reduce the national stunting rate to 19 per… Read more »
April 27, 2023
Rwanda: Nyabihu - the Role of Caregivers in the Fight Against Child Stunting
In 2019, Jacques Niyibizi, a resident of Nyabihu District, was asked by his village mates to offer his home as a day-care facility for preschool children, and he welcomed the idea. Read more »
April 24, 2023
Rwanda: Musanze in New Drive to Curb Malnutrition
Musanze district in Rwanda has launched a new community campaign aimed at combating stunting, a condition resulting from malnutrition that affects physical and mental development… Read more »
April 03, 2023
Rwanda: Community Health Workers and the Fight Against Stunting
Bugesera District reduced stunting rates by 13 percentage points in five years from 2015 to 2020, one of the biggest reduction rates in that period. Read more »
April 04, 2023
Rwanda: Nyaruguru District - the Role of ECDs in Curbing Stunting and Malnutrition
When 90 children were enrolled at an Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre close to G.S Munini in Munini sector of Nyaruguru District in July 2022, most of them were suffering… Read more »
April 03, 2023
Rwanda: Shisha Kibondo - Taking Nutritious Steps to Eradicate Stunting in Nyaruguru District
The health of Alvera Nyirahabimana, a mother from Nyarure cell, Munini sector of Nyaruguru District and her child knows no malnutrition, thanks to the Government of Rwanda and the… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Rwanda: School Food Procurement to Be Coordinated At District Level
Effective from the next academic term, schools in the same district will buy major foodstuffs such as rice, maize flour, and cooking oil at the same price, under the direction of… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Rwanda: How Women Are Championing Nutrition Through Agribusiness
Adeline Umukunzi stands in a field in Musanze District picking nutritious mushrooms from inside a small covered structure. The structure provides an environment with moisture, low… Read more »
Rwanda: Improved Water Use Keeping Malnutrition at Bay, But Farmers Need Support
The world marks World Water Day on March 22 amid growing calls for the protection and conservation of water sources to mitigate desertification. Water is life, and nowhere is this… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Rwanda: Education Ministry Calls for Parents' Involvement in School Feeding Programme
On the occasion of the African Day of School Feeding, the Ministry of Education has emphasized the government's commitment to the program, revealing that it has increased the… Read more »
October 30, 2022
Rwanda: Diets to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases
Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of many deaths worldwide and present as an emerging global health threat to day. Also known as chronic diseases, these are… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Rwanda: Nyabihu - Where Men 'Lead By Example' in Fight Against Stunting
Shadrach Ndinayo is excited when he talks about his role in preparing a balanced diet for young kids in his village in Nyabihu District, one of the biggest producers of potatoes in… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Rwanda: How ECD Centres Are Boosting Nutrition in Nyaruguru District
When schools opened last week, residents of a recently established village in Munini, Nyaruguru District did not bother looking for where to send their young children. They already… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Rwanda: Shisha Kibondo Porridge - How Fortified Flour Is 'Driving Down' Stunting Levels
In May 2017, two months after getting pregnant, Valentine Umuhoza, a resident of Nyaruguru District, started receiving Shisha Kibondo, a fortified grain flour offered for free to… Read more »