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(Front left to right) Sharifa, 13, Florence, 14, and Grace, 14, cheer alongside their fellow classmates outside their school in Salima, Malawi to celebrate that trachoma has been eliminated in the coun

I was blind, but now I see – celebrating Malawi’s progress on World NTD Day

Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Mosquito repellent that should be used by workers during at night. Internet
Health

MPs want mosquito repellents for late-night at-risk workers

Friday, January 20, 2023
The first made in Rwanda drone on display during the Africa Drone Forum held in Kigali in February 2020. The drone was made by local drone solutions firm Charis UAS. Sam Ngendahimana
Technology

Rwanda secures €37m to digitize public services, boost drone industry

Friday, January 06, 2023
Kinshasa residents turn up to search for bodies of over 140 people who were killed by disasters in DR Congo capital city on December 14. Courtesy
Health

How eco system affects human health

Wednesday, December 28, 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
All photos by Will Wilson.

Rwanda’s birds – Building a home

Sunday, November 06, 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 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
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Featured

Zero Malaria Starts with Me

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Albert Tuyishime, Head of Disease Prevention and Control Department at RBC
Rwanda

RBC rolls out mosquito spraying exercise in 12 districts

Saturday, September 11, 2021
A health worker conducts an indoor residual spraying in Bugesera District. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Rwanda records steep drop in malaria cases

Thursday, July 22, 2021