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Students pose for a group photo during an awareness campaign on bilharzia and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). File
Health

What it will take to eliminate NTDs by 2030

Monday, February 02, 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.
Health

Youth step up fight against neglected tropical diseases

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Wetlands serve as a habitat for snails that host the parasites that cause bilharzia. People working is such areas are encouraged to always wear protective gear like long rubber boots.

How Bilharzia is still a concern for rural children in Rwanda

Saturday, August 16, 2025
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
Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (c) joined hundreds of participants at the Night Run – Walk for Change, ahead of the conference on March 2. Courtesy
Health

Experts call for stronger strategies to eliminate NTDs in Africa

Monday, March 03, 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
On January 30 every year, people everywhere come together to observe World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day.

Will the next pandemic come from NTDs?

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
A doctor treats a patient at Masaka Hospital.Rwanda will join the rest of the world to celebrate World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (WNTDD) on Tuesday 30, January. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Health

World NTDs Day: A look at common diseases in Rwanda

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The campaign that commenced on Monday, January 22 in Gisagara District will run until January 30 on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. Courtesy
Featured

Gisagara: RBC, partners kick off NTDs prevention campaign

Thursday, January 25, 2024
Rwanda currently has 1,247 health posts, the lowest medical unit meant to bring services closer to the community.Craish Bahizi
Health

Government to upgrade 1,000 health posts by 2025

Tuesday, May 23, 2023
L-R: Brave Japhet Ndamukunda, Eloi Muhoranimana, Fred Mfuranzima, and Sandra Nadege.
Rwanda

2022: What were your tops and flops?

Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Photos by Dan Nsengiyumva
Tourism

Taken to sleep by frogs, woken up by birds – an experience by the lake

Tuesday, August 30, 2022