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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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.
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
