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The 2025 survey indicates that 8% of girls aged 15–19 have ever been pregnant, compared with about 5% reported in the 201920 survey. File
Health

Teen pregnancy rises to 8% as experts warn of growing risks

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
RSSB CEO Regis Rugemanshuro and Joanna Bichsel, KASHA’s Founder sign the agreement in Kigali on Wednesday, March 11. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

RSSB partners with KASHA to enable digital access to medicines for RAMA members

Friday, March 13, 2026
Company registration in Rwanda is complete in 24 hours. Craish BAHIZI

What makes “a Good Company" in Rwanda?

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Officials launch the new initiative that targets at least 100 people per day to access free early screening for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Courtesy
Featured

Featured: Mobile clinic targets 30,000 with free diabetes, cancer, HIV screening annually

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Dr. Mukagatare (far right) with a lab scientist in RBC’s Sequence Monitoring Room, where the center advances biomedical research and public health programs in Rwanda. Phots by Kellya Keza
Health

Inside the rise of specialised labs in Rwanda’s health system

Friday, February 20, 2026
(L-R) Andrea Bagnoli, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Rwanda, Japan's Ambassador to Rwanda, Kazuya Nakajo; Ngoga Aristarque, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management during the hand over ceremony in Kigali. Courtesy
Health

Japan provides Rwf 1bn to WFP for refugee food aid

Wednesday, February 18, 2026
A healthcare worker collects a blood sample from a donor at a medical facility. Courtesy
Health

Fear, faith, and misconceptions: Why people avoid blood donations

Saturday, February 14, 2026
Various blood components in dedicated bags—red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate (from left to right)—at RBC’s Blood Transfusion Division in Kigali, on July 30, 2024. Courtesy
Health

RBC upgrades plasma system to cut waste, meet export standards

Thursday, January 29, 2026
A 2023 pilot study by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) shows that among young people aged 13–24, 4.4 percent reported cannabis use in the past 30 days, 2 percent used cigarettes, and while 0.2 used opiates. Courtesy

What we miss when we criminalize pain: Rethinking drug policy through a public health lens

Thursday, January 29, 2026
(L–R) A moderator leads a panel discussion with Bill Gates, the American philanthropist and co-chair of the Gates Foundation, Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Musoni, and Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday, January 21. Courtesy

Rwanda’s next accomplishment: Turning Gates–OpenAI’s Horizon1000 into people‑centered AI

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
 Prof. Philip Cotton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (left), and Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the Chancellor and Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners, award First Lady Jeannette Kagame an honorary doctorate during the University’s graduation ceremony in Butaro, Burera District on Sunday, January 25. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

PHOTOS: First Lady Jeannette Kagame awarded honorary doctorate by UGHE

Sunday, January 25, 2026
The government plans to introduce lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention, in the last quarter of the year.
Health

Rwandans react to planned six-month HIV prevention injection

Friday, January 23, 2026