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Rwanda Enhances Its Care for HIV Patients

Drug refills which were conducted on a monthly basis have been upgraded to two months and three months for some. Community outreach programmes for people living with HIV has also been enhanced through regular communication between healthcare providers and their patients, according to Placidie Mugwaneza, the HIV/AIDS Division Manager at the Rwanda Biomedical Centre.

Rwanda: Rwanda Changes Tack on HIV Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak

New Times, 26 May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has struck one of its most pernicious blows to the global health sector with unimaginable consequences. Read more »
Rwanda: Govt 'Considers' Using HIV Labs for COVID-19 Testing

New Times, 8 May 2020

The Government is working on a plan that will see laboratories that normally test for HIV used to test COVID-19 patients, the Director-General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Dr… Read more »
Rwanda: Arv Access for Children 'Key to Eliminating HIV'

New Times, 7 December 2019

The United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) target of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 will remain a mirage if children and young people are not given access to Anti-retro… Read more »
Rwanda: How Achievable Are the 2020 Global Goals On HIV?

New Times, 7 December 2019

We are just a few days away to the year 2020, where the world will have to have achieved the 90-90-90 target that stipulates; 90 per cent of all people living with HIV will know… Read more »
Africa: Act Now! Involve Young People to End HIV in Africa to Ensure No One Is Left Behind

UNFPA, 6 December 2019

KIGALI, Rwanda, International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)--As the pillars of our communities, girls have the agency to bring about change for themselves and those… Read more »

A Community health agent conducts an HIV/AIDS test (file photo).

InFocus

Rwandan Importers Stuck With Millions of Litres of Fuel

165 trucks carrying about 40,000 litres of fuel each, are reportedly stuck on roadsides around the country with a total capacity of 6,6 million litres of fuel that was ordered ... Read more »
- Rwanda: Petroleum Importers Stuck With Millions of Litres of Fuel
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Rwanda Extends COVID-19 Lockdown

This is the second time that the government has extended the lockdown period - this time by 11 days. This is part of the social distancing measures to stop the spread of the ... Read more »
- Rwanda: Govt Extends Lockdown Until April 30
- Rwanda: Rwanda Orders Wearing of Masks in Public
Silence, Stigma are the Real Killers in HIV - Rwandan President

Close to 8,000 delegates have gathered for the 20th International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa in Kigali, Rwanda. The country's president Paul ... Read more »
- Rwanda: Stigma, Silence Are the Real Killers in HIV - President Kagame
- Rwanda: Open Dialogue Saves Lives - Kagame
Battling HIV and Aids Through a Community-Led Approach

Young people, particularly young women, often face discrimination from health service providers when they seek out the sexual and reproductive services that would keep them safe. A ... Read more »
- Africa: World Aids Day Official Statement
- South Africa: Communities Can Make - or Break - Strategies to Curb HIV
WATCH AND LISTEN - Why People Are Still Dying of Advanced HIV

Hundreds of thousands of people continue to die from advanced HIV, also known as Aids, because countries are ill-equipped to detect and treat people suffering through advanced ... Read more »
- Resource Document What is Advanced HIV?
- Resource Document The Importance of WHO's HIV Care Guidelines

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