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Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva, and other Heads of State and government pose for a group photo at at the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Summit.
Health

PM Nsengiyumva urges greater investment in maternal health at AU summit

Saturday, February 14, 2026
Musinga, wearing a head piece and a print cloth watches a performance in a crowd. EP.0.0.6164, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo E. Gourdinne, 1918
Rwanda

How Rwandans in ancient times honoured courage and heroism

Monday, February 02, 2026
 Prof. Philip Cotton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (left), and Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the Chancellor and Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners, award First Lady Jeannette Kagame an honorary doctorate during the University’s graduation ceremony in Butaro, Burera District on Sunday, January 25. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

PHOTOS: First Lady Jeannette Kagame awarded honorary doctorate by UGHE

Sunday, January 25, 2026
Prenatal care, also called antenatal care, is the help pregnant women get from trained health workers to keep both mother and baby healthy. Courtesy
Women

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

Thursday, December 04, 2025
A nurse checks on a premature baby in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kibungo Hospital. Courtesy.

Not just baby blues: Understanding postpartum mood disorders

Tuesday, November 18, 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
Health

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

Sunday, November 16, 2025
A group of Rwandan youth from the diaspora pay their respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi, during the ‘Rwanda Youth Tour’. Courtesy Photo

A Genocide that demands the world's conscience

Tuesday, November 04, 2025
Participants pose for a group photo during the commemoration of World Stroke Day on Wednesday, October 29.
Health

Experts call for specialised stroke units as cases rise in Rwanda

Friday, October 31, 2025
A mother and her new born at Butaro Hospital in Burera District. All photos by Keza Kellya
Women

Delivering hope: How Burera’s mothers navigate childbirth in rugged terrain

Friday, October 24, 2025
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Health

Can public–private partnerships bridge gap in maternal mental health?

Friday, October 17, 2025
Rwanda NCD Alliance Executive Director, Alphonse Mbarushimana, riding an exercise bicycle for demonstration in line with be healthy be mobile theme at the Africa Health Tech Summit in Kigali, on October 13, 2025 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Health

Can digital health turn the tide on Africa’s silent killers?

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Flavia Umulisa, the Second Counsellor at Rwanda's Permanent Mission to the UN, delivers the national statement at the third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Issues during the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Rwanda

Rwanda reaffirms commitment to human development, gender equality at UNGA

Monday, October 06, 2025