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Officials recognize residents and students during the campaign on the neglected tropical diseases in Rwanda

Eliminating neglected tropical diseases in Rwanda: Why community voices matter?

Thursday, July 10, 2025
Prateek Suri, Founder – Maser Group.

AI is not coming for you, it’s coming to empower you

Sunday, June 15, 2025
In 2020, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) launched a campaign to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027. Courtesy
Health

How far has Rwanda gone in eliminating cervical cancer?

Saturday, March 22, 2025
Angeline Usanase, 75, first learned she had cervical cancer in October 2017. Courtesy
Health

Early detection saved my life: Testimony of a cervical cancer survivor

Wednesday, February 05, 2025
Health workers attend to the patients at Burera Health Post. The government is set to implement a new strategic plan is to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage. Craish Bahizi
Health

How Rwanda’s new Rwf7tn strategy plans to improve healthcare

Tuesday, February 04, 2025
Minister of Health, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana during the official launch of Rwanda’s cervical cancer elimination plan and the fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan on Saturday, February 1. Dan Gatsinzi
Health

Rwanda could eliminate cervical cancer by 2027, says health minister

Sunday, February 02, 2025
Françoise Mukandutiye, a 33-year-old resident of Kimonyi Sector in Musanze District, has spent nearly two decades battling podoconiosis. Courtesy
Health

Podoconiosis: A neglected disease affecting 6,000 Rwandans with less awareness

Thursday, January 30, 2025
A medic shows how the newly installed machine functions inside the Radiotherapy cancer centre at Rwanda Military Hospital, in Kanombe. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda set to launch cervical cancer elimination plan

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Panelists engage in a discussion at the International Conference on Neglected Tropical Disease Research in Africa on Monday, January 20. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Innovative strategies for Africa’s NTD burden take centre stage at global conference in Kigali

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Health researchers collect mosquito samples to monitor the resurgence of malaria cases, in Bugesera District on April 25, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

What’s driving malaria resurgence in Rwanda?

Tuesday, January 07, 2025
A woman sleeps under a mosquito net in Bugesera District during a malaria awareness campaign. File photo
Editorial

We need a communal approach to push back on malaria resurgence

Monday, January 06, 2025
Health workers conduct a cervical cancer vaccination exercise in Nyanza District in 2021. File
Rwanda

What Rwanda is doing to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027

Saturday, December 07, 2024