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The car-free day of November 24 was dedicated to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) awareness as Rwanda joined the world in wrapping up the 2024 AMR awareness week. Courtesy photo

Young healthcare professionals: A frontline force against antimicrobial resistance

Saturday, December 21, 2024
Patients wait for medical services at Masaka Hospital. Courtesy
Editorial

Mutuelle de Santé reforms are long overdue

Friday, December 20, 2024
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) headquarters in Kigali. The World Health Organisation on December 5 announced that Rwanda achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) in the global classification of national regulatory authorities. File
Health

What achieving WHO Maturity Level 3 means for Rwanda

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Lab technicians examine a sample. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda attains WHO Maturity Level 3 in medicines regulation

Friday, December 06, 2024
The World AIDS Day was marked under the theme “End AIDS, My Responsibility.” 
Health

Rwanda observes World AIDS Day with renewed commitment to ending HIV, stigma

Sunday, December 01, 2024
Between 2023 and 2024, the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) recalled 14 medicines and over two dozen batches due to safety and quality concerns.
Health

How and when does Rwanda FDA recall pharmaceutical products?

Friday, November 29, 2024
Green Care Rwanda workers sort plastic waste before it is recycled to produce products such as pavers. One of the new startups tackles plastic waste management by incentivizing communities to sort and sell plastic waste instead of disposing of it.
Rwanda

What problems are Rwanda’s new top five startups solving?

Saturday, November 16, 2024
Participants during Ulinzi Walk at Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Breast cancer awareness: A guide to self-examination

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Depression

Depression in older adults: Signs, causes and tips for a healthier mind

Friday, October 18, 2024
Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died aged 31 in Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires-PA
Music

One Direction star Liam Payne dies after balcony fall

Thursday, October 17, 2024
A health worker administers a vaccine. American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences will donate thousands of vials of its antiviral drug remdesivir to Rwanda. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Marburg virus: Gilead confirms remdesivir drug donation to Rwanda

Friday, October 04, 2024
Many people in Pakistan get antibiotics without a prescription, despite it being illegal to give the drugs out this way. And doctors often prescribe antibiotics when they aren’t required.

World leaders commit to action to ensure future of modern medicine

Friday, September 27, 2024