Rwanda: Nyagatare Youth Urged to Proactively Combat the Spread of HIV/Aids, Safeguard Their Futures

Nyagatare, like many other districts in Rwanda, has made significant strides in combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, despite progress, young people remain one of the most… Read more »

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 »

Rwanda: Rwanda Bolsters Mosquito Spraying Efforts to Eradicate Malaria

The government, through Rwanda Biomedical Centre, is intensifying efforts to eradicate malaria in the country by continuing an Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise. Read more »

Africa: Why Instituting Longer Paternity Leave Is Not Simple

The push for longer paternity leave speaks to how kin networks locally and around Africa have broken down in the demographic, sociological and economic changes that characterise… Read more »

Rwanda: Price Cut for Treatment of Kidney Failure Now in Effect

The Ministry of Health has announced that it has reduced the prices of dialysis for people with kidney diseases to make the service affordable for all. Read more »

Rwanda: King Faisal to Start Kidney Transplants This Year

The Ministry of Health has announced that King Faisal Hospital will start offering kidney transplants this year, making it the first hospital to introduce the practice in the… Read more »

Kenya: Rwanda, Kenya Sign Nine Cooperation Agreements

Rwanda and Kenya on Tuesday, signed nine agreements aimed at creating frameworks for cooperation in mutual areas of interests. Read more »

Rwanda: Kagame, Ruto to Discuss Northern Corridor, Food Security, Tech

Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto is set to arrive in Rwanda on Tuesday, April 4, for a two-day state visit. Read more »

Rwanda: Women in Informal Sector Request Tax Exemption During Maternity Leave

Women who work in the informal sector have requested to be relieved from some taxation during their time off after giving birth. Read more »

Rwanda: Fathers Need Longer Paternity Leave - Here's Why

According to Eugene Ngoga, a father of two, paternity leave that is longer than the four days presently permitted to fathers in most organisations in Rwanda, is critical,… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Rwanda: Government to Conduct Detailed Study on State of Mental Health

The Ministry of Health plans to conduct an in-depth assessment of the state of mental health following several reports of increasing numbers of people battling mental illness. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda First African Country to Fully Integrate Drone Technology in Fighting Malaria

In a world still grappling with malaria elimination, Rwanda was the first country to integrate and deploy drones in the most malaria endemic zones of the country for an accelerated… Read more »

Rwanda: Longer Maternity Leave Sparks Public Debate

Working mothers are leaving their babies to domestic workers soon after three months of maternity leave elapse, MP Frank Habineza said, proposing that such a leave should be… Read more »

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 »

Rwanda: Rwanda On Marburg Alert After Tanzania Outbreak

Tanzania has confirmed its first ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease, a rare and severe hemorrhagic fever that can be transmitted to humans from fruit bats and spread among… Read more »

Rwanda: Activists Call for Male Engagement in HIV/Aids Response

Activists have launched a new initiative aimed at improving awareness for for men and boys living with the HIV/AIDS. Read more »

Rwanda: Why Rwanda Banned Sale of Unrefrigerated Meat

Rwanda has banned the supply and sale of meat that is not chilled in cold-rooms for at least 24 hours as means to curb zoonotic and transmissible diseases. Read more »

Rwanda: Podcast - Exporting Marijuana but Criminalising Domestic Consumption - Does It Make Sense?

On this week's episode of The Long Form, Sanny Ntayombya discusses the double standards associated with cannabis exportation profits and how that contrasts with the large numbers… Read more »

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 »

Rwanda: MoH Looks to Long-Acting HIV Jabs to Solve Compliance Issues Among Patients

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that the impending long-acting drugs for HIV/AIDS are a good development that may solve the challenges related to poor compliance to the daily… Read more »