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Doctor Jean de Dieu Nsanzimana is a Rwandan general surgeon undergoing specialised training in Israel. Courtesy
Health

Meet Rwandan surgeon preparing to bring specialised heart care home

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Doctors conduct free heart surgery and treatment at King Faisal Hospital under a Rwanda–Israel medical mission, on Tuesday, June 16. All Photos by Craish Bahizi
Health

Hope restored: 25 children get free heart surgery in Rwanda–Israel mission

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Israeli medical experts and their Rwandan counterparts pose for a photo at Kigali International Airport Kanombe, on June 14. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

Israeli doctors join heart mission to save Rwandan children’s lives

Monday, June 15, 2026
Etienne Sangano was diagnosed with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in 1999 after repeated visits to University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).
Health

One man’s fight against heart disease and why the condition is Rwanda’s top killer

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Rwanda’s first PhD radiologist Dr. Theonille Mukabagorora poses for a photo at the graduation ceremony. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda’s first PhD radiologist on innovation, policy and medical imaging

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Dr Gallican Rwibasira, the Head of the National HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hepatitis Programmes at Rwanda Biomedical Centre, speaks to journalists during the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science opened on July 15, in Kigali. PHOTO: Joan Mbabazi
Health

Undetected Syphilis cases threaten lives of pregnant women, newborns – RBC

Saturday, July 19, 2025
Christophe and Christian Ndayisaba during their admission at King Faisal Hospital when they began experiencing respiratory issues
Health

How King Faisal Hospital’s paediatric programme is saving young lives in Rwanda

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Residents undergo a screening exercise for Non-Communicable Diseases in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Heart disease in children tied to preventable factors – medical officer

Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana and Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Badr Abdelaaty during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Monday, August 12. Photo by Joan Mbabazi
Health

Rwanda, Egypt ink deal to support modern heart centre in Kigali

Monday, August 12, 2024
Dr Evariste Ntaganda, the head cardiovascular department at Rwanda Biomedical Centre. Photo: Courtesy
Health

Heart diseases account for 5% stunting cases – RBC

Thursday, October 27, 2022
Parents with their children pose for a group photo as they travelled to Israel for life-saving heart surgery. Photo: Courtesy.
Health

Over 40 Rwandan children undergo heart surgery in Israel

Tuesday, October 04, 2022
First Lady Jeannette Kagame laid the foundation stone for the MY Heart Centre in Masaka on Wednesday December 29. / Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

First Lady breaks ground on $20m Heart Care Center

Wednesday, December 29, 2021