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Health workers who helped Ebola patients in Uganda. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General has congratulated Uganda for its robust and comprehensive response to Ebola. File
Africa

Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared over

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Health workers during Ebola simulation exercises that took place at Kigali International Airport on Tuesday, November 1. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda outlines contingency measures to counter future pandemics

Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Rwanda is planning to acquire injectable antiretroviral drugs as a way of continuing to intensify the fight against HIVAIDs in the country.
Health

Rwanda plans to acquire injectable HIV/AIDs drugs

Saturday, December 24, 2022
A woman sleeps under a mosquito net in Bugesera. Rwanda is hosting the 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), where experts and stakeholders will discuss improving health care on the continent.
Health

Call for pregnant women to be a priority in fight against malaria – Dr Karema

Sunday, December 11, 2022
Digital tools deployed by IITA are helping to effectively monitor and manage BXW, the most devastating banana disease (Photo by IITA).
Featured

How digital tools help tackle ravaging banana disease

Sunday, November 27, 2022
Students wash their hands at Group Scolaire Rugando in Kimihurura Sector Gasabo District. Sam Ngendahimana
Health

Rallying call for more access to hygiene facilities to avert health hazards

Saturday, November 19, 2022
A worker carries out indoor residual spraying to fight against mosquitoes in Bugesera District. According to statistics from RBC, Rwanda recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. A new study has linked an invasive insecticide-resistant mosquito to an unprecedented urban outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia, and warned that it can fuel an upsurge of cases in various African countries. Photo: File.
Health

Invasive mosquitoes could fuel malaria upsurge in Africa

Friday, November 04, 2022
A health worker during temperature screening at Gatuna border on May 27, 2019. All travellers entering Rwanda from Uganda are now subject to screening following an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. / File
Health

EAC partner states urged to reinforce Ebola preparedness, response

Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Health

Rwanda launches Rwf10bn response plan for monkeypox

Friday, August 26, 2022
WHO is working to secure 60,000 tests for Africa, with around 2,000 tests and reagents to be shipped to high-risk countries and 1000 to those facing lower risk. / internet photo

WHO to secure thousands of monkeypox test kits for Africa

Thursday, June 30, 2022
A woman sleeping under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. In 2020, an estimated 241 million people had malaria, and 627,000 of them died, an increase of 69,000 deaths over the previous year. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Can Commonwealth countries eradicate malaria by 2030?

Thursday, June 30, 2022
The New Times

How is Rwanda faring in agricultural bio-technology?

Monday, June 27, 2022