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Various blood components in dedicated bags—red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate (from left to right)—at RBC’s Blood Transfusion Division in Kigali, on July 30, 2024. Courtesy
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RBC upgrades plasma system to cut waste, meet export standards

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Rwanda is expected to start exporting blood plasma for fractionation later this year, once the remaining technical and regulatory requirements are completed. Joan Mbabazi
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Plasma exports set to start by year-end, says RBC

Monday, January 26, 2026
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Kigali: Master Steel property up for sale

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Rwanda is preparing to introduce a new rapid diagnostic test in antenatal clinics across the country as part of efforts to eliminate congenital syphilis by 2030.
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Rwanda plans to roll out rapid tests for congenital syphilis

Sunday, August 03, 2025
People during a blood donation exercise in Musanze. Courtesy
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Rwanda unveils four initiatives to end blood expiry by 2027

Thursday, June 19, 2025
BDO East Africa (Rwanda) Ltd’s staff took part in a blood donation drive on Friday, November 2. Craish Bahizi
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Rwandans urged to know their blood type: A lifesaving measure in emergencies

Saturday, June 14, 2025
Medics during a mass test of non-communicable deseases during Car-Free-Day mass sports. Excessive salt consumption is putting millions of lives at risk, nutrition experts have warned. Craish Bahizi
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Excess salt linked to high blood pressure, kidney failure, cancer

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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Ditch the salt shaker, protect your heart – experts

Saturday, January 25, 2025
Blood donors during an exercise in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Govt establishes database to bolster O negative blood supply

Wednesday, January 08, 2025
Viral infections are illnesses one gets from tiny organisms that use body cells to make more copies of themselves (viruses).

What you need to know about viral infections

Friday, December 06, 2024
Various blood components in dedicated bags from left to right red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitates, at RBC’s Blood Transfusion Division in Kigali, on July 30, 2024.
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Rwanda focuses on acquiring new technology in preps for Plasma export

Saturday, October 19, 2024
Various blood components in dedicated bags from left to right: red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitates, at RBC’s Blood Transfusion Division in Kigali, on July 30, 2024. Rwanda plans to sell plasma surplus to address production cost and ease access to derived lifesaving medication.
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Rwanda to export plasma in strategic medical move

Monday, August 05, 2024