Rwanda: Rwanda to Host New African Pharmaceutical Foundation Headquarters

Rwanda is set to host the headquarters of the newly launched African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF), aimed at accelerating technology innovation in the continent's… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda Readies for First Bio-Med Engineering Hub

The facility will serve as a hub for leading clinicians and technicians in Rwanda's healthcare sector. Read more »

Rwanda: EU Launch 'Twinning Project' Worth Rwf2 Billion

The ministry of health has welcomed the EU-funded project dubbed "Twinning project" to strengthen the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority in regulating medicinal products including… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda Readies for First Bio-Med Engineering University

The facility will serve as a hub for leading clinicians and technicians in Rwanda's healthcare sector. Read more »

Rwanda: Over Rwf7 Billion More Needed to Cover Prostheses for People With Disabilities

The Minister of Health has said that a plan, which seeks at least Rwf7.5 billion more financing for the community-based health insurance scheme, could be implemented in the… Read more »

Rwanda: Shortage of Mental Health Professionals Persists, Warns Rwanda Biomedical Centre

The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has sounded a warning about the persistent shortage of psychiatrists to meet the growing demand for mental illness treatment in the country. Read more »

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 »

Rwanda: Mental Health Awareness Campaign Launched in Bugesera Schools

Imbuto Foundation, GAERG (a Genocide survivors' organisation) and Baho Neza, (a project initiated by First Lady, Jeannette Kagame to raise awareness on family planning and early… Read more »

Rwanda: King Faisal Hospital to Conduct Four Kidney Transplants This Month

A kidney transplant, a medical procedure to replace a patient's failed kidney with a healthy one from a donor, will begin to be performed in Rwanda on May 22 of this year,… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda to Get First Midwifery Center of Excellence

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced plans to partner with the Rwanda Association of Midwives (RAM) to set up the country's first-ever midwifery center of… Read more »

Rwanda: Cervical Cancer - First Lady Jeannette Kagame Calls for Equitable Health Intervention

First Lady Jeannette Kagame has called for equitable access to health interventions in the fight against cervical cancer for member states of the Commonwealth, regardless of income… Read more »

Rwanda: How 'Be a Strong Man' Fails Men With Mental Illness

In Rwanda, like many other societies, traditional gender roles have often been associated with expectations for men to exhibit strength, stoicism, and emotional restraint. However,… Read more »

Rwanda: Kiziguro Hospital Decries Shortage of Gynaecologists

Kiziguro Hospital, located in Gatsibo district, is facing a shortage of gynaecologists, which has affected the delivery of services in the hospital. Read more »

Rwanda: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences to Roll Out Master's, PhD Programmes in Malaria Modelling

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences-Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS NEI) and the Malaria Modelling for Sustainable Public Health Policies in Africa (MaModAfrica)… Read more »

Tanzania: Marburg Death Toll in Tanzania Rises to Six After Baby Dies

Tanzanian health authorities say that an 18-month-old child died of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern region of Kagera, Xinhua reports. Read more »

Rwanda: Up to 7,000 Rwandans Affected By Non-Infectious Elephantiasis - WHO

An estimated 7,000 people in Rwanda are affected by podoconiosis, a non-infectious form of elephantiasis caused by long-term contact with irritant red clay soil of volcanic… Read more »

Rwanda: 70% Nurses Work Over 60 Hours a Week - Trade Union

The Rwanda Workers' Trade Union Confederation has requested the government to increase the salaries of nurses and reduce their working hours so as to be productive. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwamagana - Youth Encouraged to Circumcise, Test for HIV

In an effort to promote safe sex practices and reduce the spread of HIV, Rwamagana officials are encouraging young people in the district to undergo circumcision and self-HIV… Read more »

Rwanda: Kayonza - Youth Empowered With Knowledge on Condom Care, HIV Testing

Aimee Ernest Nyirinkindi, the head of Campaigns and Communication in the Department of HIV Prevention at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), has said that the issue of damaged condoms… Read more »

Rwanda: Minister Nsanzimana Refutes Claims of Malaria Variant 'Risk' for UK Migrants

Health minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana has refuted the claims that asylum seekers coming to Rwanda from the United Kingdom (UK) are at risk of "a deadly malaria variant," and that the… Read more »

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 »

Rwanda: U.S. Firm Certifies 10,000 Rwandan Community Health Workers Fighting Malaria

SC Johnson, a Us-based manufacturer, has partnered with Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda and the Ministry of Health to provide official certification and livable wages to… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwandans Urged to Keep Up Fight Against Malaria

As Rwanda joined the world to mark World Malaria Day on Tuesday, April 25, Rwandans were asked to keep up the fight against malaria. Read more »

Rwanda: Gatsibo - HIV/Aids Prevalence Linked to Family Conflict, Sexually Explicit Music Videos

Marceline Mukamana, the Vice Mayor of Gatsibo District in charge of Social Affairs, has pointed out the connection between family conflict and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among… Read more »

Rwanda: Microsurgery in Rwanda Could Lower Amputation Cases - Plastic Surgeon

A group of doctors from Sweden and the US together with their Rwandan colleagues recently launched and effectively conducted a microsurgery visiting professor programme, the first… Read more »