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The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital landed in Kigali on July 18. The government has partnered with Orbis International to strengthen specialized eye care services in Rwanda.
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In a first, training is a key focus as mobile eye unit arrives in Kigali

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Rwanda is set to introduce a new digital ID system designed to offer a secure, user-friendly, and adaptable identity solution aimed at improving access to services and enhancing data protection. Courtesy Photo

Questions of a countryside teen on Rwanda’s new digital ID

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Rwandan ophthalmologists received training on July 23 at RIIO in Nyarutarama, using virtual reality simulators that replicate the human eye in 3D for surgical practice. Photos: Keza Kellya.
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From 'animal eyes' to VR: How Rwanda is modernising eye surgery training

Thursday, July 24, 2025
The services will be offered aboard a converted MD-10 aircraft.
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‘Flying Eye Hospital’ comes to Rwanda

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) now warns that chronic loneliness affects one in six people globally and contributes to over 871,000 deaths each year.
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Ten science-backed ways to beat loneliness, improve well-being

Wednesday, July 02, 2025
Senators during a recent session with psychologists, educators, and mental health practitioners. Courtesy
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Why Rwandan psychotherapy students need to understand history

Monday, June 30, 2025
The fifth East African Community (EAC) Armed Forces treat patients during the launch of Civil-Military Cooperation Week at Nyanza District Hospital on June 29. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
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PHOTOS: EAC armed forces offer free healthcare services in Nyanza

Sunday, June 29, 2025
A patient explaining to a doctor about his eye situation before check up in Kayonza
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Kayonza expands eye care with mobile clinics, school screenings, surgeries

Friday, June 06, 2025
Mariya Yohana Mukankuranga

An anthem of grief: “I have not yet swept away the ashes”

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Maxime Prévot, Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister.

Belgium’s blindfolded diplomacy undermined peace in Congo

Saturday, April 26, 2025
A mother helps her autistic child write on a flip chart at the Kigali Autism Centre in Kagugu, Gasabo District on December 23, 2022. Photo Craish Bahizi
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Early detection of autism helps children prosper – experts

Thursday, April 03, 2025
Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana has announced that through the Citizen Outreach Program, more than 3,000 cataract surgeries were successfully completed in 2024.
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3,000 cataract surgeries conducted in 2024 security organs’ citizen outreach program

Monday, March 17, 2025