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Joan Mbabazi

Joan Mbabazi

Health Minister Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana and Ivan Murenzi, the Director General of the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR) at the launch of the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) on December 17.

Youth HIV awareness drops despite high testing rates

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Residents undergo the Community-based screening for hypertension and NCDs at Kigali Car Free Day mass sports. File

Inside health initiatives that shaped 2025

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Health Minister Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana delivers his remarks at the launch of the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) on December 17 in Kigali. Courtesy

What stood out in Rwanda’s latest health survey

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Kigali residents shop for festive gifts in Nyarugenge. Photo by Craish Bahizi.

Thoughtful ways to gift and give back this festive season

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

More than one in three Rwandan women experience physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, yet many continue to suffer in silence. Courtesy.

When faith becomes a shield against gender-based violence

Friday, December 12, 2025

The President of Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union (RNMU), André Gitembagara, addresses delegates during the International Nurses and Midwives Scientific Conference 2025, on December 11. Courtesy

Nurses harness digital tools to improve maternal health, emergency care

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Doctors during an operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

WHO report shows billions lack access to health services; Rwanda expands coverage

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Clients shop for various Christmas items in Kigali. Many people tend to overspend on food, gifts, outings, travel, and parties without tracking expenses, often leaving them in debt after the celebrations. Photo by Craish Bahizi

How to spend this Christmas without breaking the bank

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Rwanda has begun discussions on introducing a malaria vaccine into its national immunisation programme.

Malaria surge triggers assessment of vaccine options

Saturday, December 06, 2025

Prenatal care, also called antenatal care, is the help pregnant women get from trained health workers to keep both mother and baby healthy. Courtesy

How routine prenatal visits are preventing emergencies that used to kill mothers

Thursday, December 04, 2025

A student with disabilities sits attentively during a class session. As the country marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, under the theme “Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress,” access to education continues to expand. Courtesy

What is being done to improve access to inclusive education?

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Office workers in Rwanda spend most of their day seated at desks.

Office routines driving up diabetes risk, experts warn

Thursday, November 27, 2025

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Malaria vaccine prices cut to expand coverage

Monday, November 24, 2025

Dr. Menghis Bairu (2nd-L), the Vice Chairman of Cure Blindness Project, and Katherine Overbey (3rd-R), the CEO of the global NGO, meet with Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana (C), Rwanda’s Minister of Health, with their delegation on November 14, 2025 in Kigali. Courtesy

Health ministry in ambitious push to train more eye specialists

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Maternal-fetal medicine specialists successfully performed an intrauterine fetal blood transfusion on a pregnant woman at 27 weeks of gestation at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) on Thursday, January 16. Courtesy

Life-saving surgeries made locally accessible in two years

Saturday, November 22, 2025

A baby born after a successful Intra-Uterine Transfusion (IUT) at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) is now 2.5 months old and in good health, hospital officials announced on November 14. Courtesy

How doctors at CHUK saved baby after mother’s five miscarriages

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Dr Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), speaks with The New Times journalist during an interview in Kigali on November 14. Photos by Craish Bahizi.

What it takes to build vaccine manufacturing capacity in emerging markets

Saturday, November 15, 2025

A baby born after a successful Intra-Uterine Transfusion (IUT) at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) is now 2.5 months old and in good health, hospital officials announced on November 14.

Baby thriving after rare in-womb blood transfusion at Kigali hospital

Friday, November 14, 2025