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A community health worker conduting IRS Kirengere cell, Byimana sector, Ruhango district
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Rwanda bolsters mosquito spraying efforts to eradicate malaria

Monday, April 24, 2023
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
A woman sleeps under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. Statistics from Rwanda Biomedical Centre show that the country recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
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FEATURED: How Rwanda reduced the malaria burden in five years

Wednesday, June 08, 2022
A health worker carries out indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Bugesera District recently. IRS, an activity meant to tackle malaria, needed Rwf4.7 billion for next year, but was allocated Rwf2.9 billion. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Health sector: How next year’s Rwf278bn budget will be spent

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
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Rwanda

Rwanda’s fight against malaria gets $53m boost

Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Rwanda to continue using coartem to treat malaria.

Rwanda to continue using coartem to treat malaria — RBC

Sunday, April 18, 2021
Workers carry out indoor residual spraying to eliminate malaria-causing mosquitoes in Huye District in 2016. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Indoor mosquito spraying exercise to cost $36 million

Tuesday, February 09, 2021
The New Times

Eradicating malaria: How close can we get?

Saturday, December 28, 2019
Drones have been deployed to spray larvicide in mosquito-prone areas across the country to help curtail malaria. File.
Rwanda

Rwandans positive on malaria fight – study

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
A drone sprays pesticides in a potato farm in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District. The Government plans to start using drones in spraying mosquito prone areas by the end of this month. / File

WHO allays fears over mosquito aerial spraying

Thursday, August 22, 2019
A TB patient receives treatment drugs. Net photos

Global fight against HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria: Status and future viewpoints

Monday, February 25, 2019
Anti-Mosquito Net Boosts Malaria Protection. Internet

How Rwanda is winning malaria fight

Friday, February 22, 2019