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World Diabetes Week: How early screening prevents diabetic retinopathy

Friday, November 15, 2024
Community health workers in Nyabihu District pose for a group photo after receiving smartphones provided by Health Builders Organisation| Photos By Germain Nsanzimana
Featured

Nyabihu community health workers get smart phones to ease work

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
A healthcare worker administers a pneumococcal catch-up vaccine to a baby in the village of Kandaor, BO district, Sierra Leone, on June 13, 2011. The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) reported that this condition accounted for 16% of consultations across all health centers. Photo courtesy
Health

World Pneumonia Day: Rwanda ramps up fight against leading child health threat

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
The National Union of Disability Organizations in Rwanda (NUDOR) praised a new bill proposing access to reproductive health services, including contraception, for teenagers aged 15. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Disability advocacy group backs bill on contraception for 15-year-olds

Monday, November 11, 2024
The average broadband cost in Rwanda is around $22.15 (about Rwf30,124), with basic mobile data and voice plans costing $7.44 and advanced plans costing $4.25.Photo Courtesy 
Technology

Why Rwanda leads in affordable internet for Africa's digital nomads

Thursday, November 07, 2024
The three-day summit attracted healthcare professionals from across the continent to explore ways to realise the potential of innovations like artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, robotics, drones, and blockchain to tackle Africa's most pressing health challenges.
Health

Can AI unlock Africa’s healthcare bottlenecks?

Thursday, October 31, 2024
Rwanda was declared polio-free in 2004 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Health

World Polio Day: Why Rwanda still vaccinates despite being polio-free

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Rwandan peacekeepers from the UN Mission in South Sudan provide water to local communities in Ahmadi village, Juba, Central Equatorial State, during humanitarian activities, on Friday, October 2024.
Africa

PHOTOS: South Sudanese share insights on impact of Rwandan peacekeepers

Monday, October 21, 2024
Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana with the Director-General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press briefing in Kigali on Sunday, October 20. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Health

92% drop in Marburg cases shows ‘outbreak is dying’: Minister Nsanzimana

Sunday, October 20, 2024
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Yvan Butera, receives a Marburg virus jab as the country rolled out a vaccination drive for front-line workers in Kigali on October 8, 2024. Courtesy photo

Global financial assistance is imperative to restore overburdened health systems

Friday, October 18, 2024
Health Minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana.
Health

Rwanda hoping to see 'zero new Marburg cases, deaths for several days'

Friday, October 18, 2024
Four patients are still under treatment, according to the latest update from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) on Thursday, October 17. FILE..
Health

Marburg: Five more patients recover as no new cases confirmed

Thursday, October 17, 2024