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All photos by Will Wilson.

Rwanda’s birds – Building a home

Sunday, November 06, 2022
A worker carries out indoor residual spraying to fight against mosquitoes in Bugesera District. According to statistics from RBC, Rwanda recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. A new study has linked an invasive insecticide-resistant mosquito to an unprecedented urban outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia, and warned that it can fuel an upsurge of cases in various African countries. Photo: File.
Health

Invasive mosquitoes could fuel malaria upsurge in Africa

Friday, November 04, 2022
A woman sleeping under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. In 2020, an estimated 241 million people had malaria, and 627,000 of them died, an increase of 69,000 deaths over the previous year. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Can Commonwealth countries eradicate malaria by 2030?

Thursday, June 30, 2022
A woman sleeps under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. Statistics from Rwanda Biomedical Centre show that the country recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
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FEATURED: How Rwanda reduced the malaria burden in five years

Wednesday, June 08, 2022
The New Times
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Zero Malaria Starts with Me

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Albert Tuyishime, Head of Disease Prevention and Control Department at RBC
Rwanda

RBC rolls out mosquito spraying exercise in 12 districts

Saturday, September 11, 2021
A health worker conducts an indoor residual spraying in Bugesera District. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Rwanda records steep drop in malaria cases

Thursday, July 22, 2021
The New Times

Stakeholders call for collective strategies in malaria fight

Friday, April 30, 2021
A drone sprays pesticides fighting mosquitoes that spread malaria in Musanze District in 2019.

How drones are fighting Rwanda’s war on malaria

Sunday, April 25, 2021
A woman sleeping under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. Mosquito nets are some of the ways that Rwanda uses to prevent malaria.

Rwanda optimistic about latest breakthrough in search for a malaria vaccine

Sunday, April 25, 2021
Rwanda to continue using coartem to treat malaria.

Rwanda to continue using coartem to treat malaria — RBC

Sunday, April 18, 2021
Scent leaves are also used as a spice in cooking delicacies. / Photo: Lydia Atieno

Health benefits of scent leaves

Sunday, April 11, 2021