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King Faisal Hospital has introduced the most advanced robotic surgical microscope currently available in East Africa. Courtesy
Health

Rwandan hospital unveils East Africa’s most advanced robotic surgical microscope

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Students from Kigali Christian School hold posters advocating for safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists during a walk organized by HPR
Featured

FEATURED: How Healthy People Rwanda is addressing road safety problems

Friday, May 23, 2025
Doctors conduct an operation during the launch of Kidney Transplant Surgery at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali on May 28, 2023. Courtesy
Health

Inside top 10 medical procedures conducted in Rwanda

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Health professionals warn that skipping doses or self-medicating is making antibiotics like amoxicillin ineffective in up to 80% of cases, driving antimicrobial resistance.
Health

What you should know about antimicrobial resistance, an escalating global threat

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Children eat porridge at Mageragere ECD Centre in Nyarugenge. Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Giving a child a home: What you need to know about adoption in Rwanda

Friday, May 16, 2025
Rwanda began offering visas upon arrival to all Africans in 2018 and transitioned to a visa-free regime in 2023. Only three other countries – The Gambia, Benin, and Seychelles – are visa-free for all African nationals. File

Talk without action: The crisis of leadership in Africa’s integration

Monday, May 12, 2025
Doctors during an operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

10 key things to know about Rwanda’s new health services bill

Wednesday, May 07, 2025
A nurse takes a care of a newborn at Kirehe Hospital. File
Health

Surrogacy & IVF: Five offences, penalties for abusers of new health bill

Sunday, May 04, 2025
Representatives from the Ministry of Health and those from different medical entities, during the session related to the new healthcare service bill, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (courtesy).
Health

New bill proposes treatment without patient’s consent in emergency cases

Friday, May 02, 2025
Virtual hospital allows specialists to treat patients remotely nationwide
Health

Rwanda set to pilot ‘virtual hospital’

Friday, April 18, 2025
A surgical site infection is a post-operative infection that develops at the site of or near the surgical incision or in the tissues or organs manipulated during surgery within 30 to 90 days of the procedure.
Health

Surgical site infections: Addressing a persistent ‘nightmare’ for surgeons, patients

Saturday, April 05, 2025
Hundreds of European mercenaries were granted passage through Rwanda after they surrendered to M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo in late January. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

Romanian state inquiry says active-duty soldiers worked as mercenaries in DR Congo

Friday, April 04, 2025