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Joan Mbabazi

Joan Mbabazi

Anathalie Mukamanzi, a cervical cancer victim, poses for a photo during an interview. Photo by Joan Mbabazi

Cervical cancer: How a hospital visit changed everything for a mother of five

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Doctors perform a neurosurgical operation at Kacyiru District Hospital on January 21, 2020. (File)

Inside push to localise specialist healthcare

Thursday, February 12, 2026

A medic demonstrates how a cancer screening machine operates at Kanombe Military Hospital. File

How will patients benefit from new cancer treatment?

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Officials pose for a photo during the launch of the parternship in Kigali on Monday, February 9. Photo by Kellya Keza

Japan backs Rwanda’s emergency response efforts with $1.3m project

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Dr. Emile Rwamasirabo, a retired urologist and surgical educator.

Residency training seen as key to expanding urinary health care

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Jacques Mbalirende, a prostate cancer survivor posing for a photo after the interview in Kigali on February 6. PHOTOS BY CRAISH BAHIZI

Early screening saved my life: Prostate cancer survivor, 77, urges men to test early

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Celestin Mutuyimana, the clinical psychotherapist and founder of Baho Smile Institute.

Rwandan researcher develops healing tools from years of studying trauma

Friday, February 06, 2026

Gardasil 9, a new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

Rwanda to introduce vaccine against six cancers

Thursday, February 05, 2026

Rwanda has added brachytherapy to its cancer treatment services. Internet

Cancer: Rwanda adds brachytherapy to treatment services

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

A health worker interacts with a blood donor during an exercise in Kigali, in June 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Dispelling misconceptions around blood donation

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Some youths attend a campaign to fight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Bugesera District. By November 2025, more than 500 youths had joined the programme. Courtesy.

Youth step up fight against neglected tropical diseases

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Findings of the study by scientists at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), were published on January 27 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Courtesy

Spanish scientists eliminate pancreatic cancer in mice study

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Various blood components in dedicated bags—red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate (from left to right)—at RBC’s Blood Transfusion Division in Kigali, on July 30, 2024. Courtesy

RBC upgrades plasma system to cut waste, meet export standards

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Rwanda is expected to start exporting blood plasma for fractionation later this year, once the remaining technical and regulatory requirements are completed. Joan Mbabazi

Plasma exports set to start by year-end, says RBC

Monday, January 26, 2026

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing allows women to collect a vaginal sample and submit it for laboratory testing to detect high-risk strains.

HPV self-testing is helping women catch cervical cancer early

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Pap smear kit to test for papoloma virus and cervical cancer.

10 things to know about new cervical cancer self-sampling kits

Saturday, January 24, 2026

The New Times

Mpox no longer a public health emergency in Africa

Friday, January 23, 2026

The government plans to introduce lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention, in the last quarter of the year.

Rwandans react to planned six-month HIV prevention injection

Friday, January 23, 2026