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The number of mpox cases reported in Africa in the past three months has been more than half of the total reported in the whole 2024.

Africa CDC reports rapid surge in mpox cases

Saturday, April 12, 2025
Officials from UNICEF Rwanda, and the embassy of Japan, launch a $1.35 million project on Monday, March 17. PHOTOS BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Featured

FEATURED: UNICEF Rwanda, Japan launch $1.35m project for disaster-affected communities

Monday, March 17, 2025
President Paul Kagame speaks during the High-Level Meeting on Domestic Health Financing at the African Union, in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on February 14, 2025. Courtesy
Health

Kagame: Africa’s health systems can’t be outsourced to anybody else

Friday, February 14, 2025
Delegates pose for a group photo at the inaugural conference and exhibition to advance biosafety and biosecurity in Rwanda on Friday, January 17. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: Kigali: A look at first biosafety, biosecurity conference and exhibition

Thursday, January 23, 2025
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Education

PHOTOS: Students return to school with sights set on good performance

Friday, January 03, 2025
The Marburg viral disease was the most news-dominating topic for Rwanda in 2024
Health

The year Rwanda fought off two epidemics and achieved key milestones in delivering healthcare services

Friday, January 03, 2025
Cardinal Antoine Kambanda leads the mass on New Year's Day at St Michel Catholic Parish in Kigali. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Clerics urge action against major global threats in new year sermons

Wednesday, January 01, 2025
A medic records a patient's identification details during a medical drill focused on pandemic preparedness at King Faisal Hospital in 2022 . Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Health

How to keep mental health in check during pandemics

Sunday, December 29, 2024
The epidemiological situation of Mpox in Africa remains especially concerning, with high case counts observed in DR Congo, Burundi, and Uganda.
Africa

WHO: Mpox in Africa "especially concerning"

Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The Ministry of Health plans to adopt advanced technologies, including GPS tracking, to monitor bat migration and behaviour. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda to use GPS to monitor bats for zoonotic diseases

Friday, December 20, 2024
Medics during the Marburg response earlier this year . Rwanda is expected to declare the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak on Friday, December 20. File
Health

Rwanda set to declare Marburg outbreak over

Thursday, December 19, 2024
A medic takes care of a patient at King Faisal Hospital. Scientists are increasingly alarmed by the growing threat of zoonotic diseases—infections that jump from animals to humans. File
Health

Covid, Mpox, bird flu, MVD: Why viruses jump from animals to humans

Wednesday, December 18, 2024