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Patients, mostly beneficiaries of Mutuelle, wait in the outpatient department of Butaro Hospital in Burera District, accessing various healthcare services. Photos by Kellya Keza.
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Mutuelle turns 25: Patients, doctors and families reflect on life-changing impact

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Dr. Mukagatare (far right) with a lab scientist in RBC’s Sequence Monitoring Room, where the center advances biomedical research and public health programs in Rwanda. Phots by Kellya Keza
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Inside the rise of specialised labs in Rwanda’s health system

Friday, February 20, 2026
Patients and their caretakers at Butaro Hospital in Burera District.
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Butaro hospital flags early detection gaps as cancer cases rise

Sunday, February 15, 2026
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Exclusive: One doctor’s resolve to redefine orthopaedic care

Friday, February 13, 2026
Dr. Fidel Rubagumya, an oncologist, talks about his book. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
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The hidden weight of cancer care on Rwanda’s oncologists

Friday, February 13, 2026
Doctors perform a neurosurgical operation at Kacyiru District Hospital on January 21, 2020. (File)
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Inside push to localise specialist healthcare

Thursday, February 12, 2026
A medic demonstrates how a cancer screening machine operates at Kanombe Military Hospital. File
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How will patients benefit from new cancer treatment?

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Jacques Mbalirende, a prostate cancer survivor posing for a photo after the interview in Kigali on February 6. PHOTOS BY CRAISH BAHIZI
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Early screening saved my life: Prostate cancer survivor, 77, urges men to test early

Saturday, February 07, 2026
Maternal-fetal medicine specialists successfully performed an intrauterine fetal blood transfusion on a pregnant woman at 27 weeks of gestation at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) on Thursday, January 16. Courtesy
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Life-saving surgeries made locally accessible in two years

Saturday, November 22, 2025
A lab expert works at Kacyiru Hospital. Genomics is the study of an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes and their interactions with each other and the environment. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
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Genomics could help Rwanda tackle cancer, NCD burden: experts

Monday, October 27, 2025
Doctors operate at Butaro Hospital in Burera District. Recent reforms to expand cancer treatment under Mutuelle de Santé were meant to ease access, but gaps remain. Courtesy
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What’s limiting cancer treatment under Mutuelle de Santé?

Wednesday, October 01, 2025
A pharmacist on duty at Uniqe pharmacy at Kisimenti in Kigali. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
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Rwanda FDA sets new price controls on medical drugs

Sunday, September 07, 2025