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Delegates pose for a group photo during the launch of the project that aimed at strengthening cross-border community preparedness for Mpox and other high-risk epidemic-prone diseases.
Featured

Featured: HDI, IOM, RBC partner to enhance cross-border community preparedness for epidemic-prone diseases

Monday, January 19, 2026
Members of Rotary Club Kigali Virunga (RCKV), during a blood donation exercise. Courtesy
Health

Rotarians rally youth to donate blood

Sunday, November 23, 2025
Victor Zinda was born without any disability as the firstborn in a family of ten children
Health

Man disabled by polio joins campaign against disease in Kigali

Sunday, October 19, 2025
Dr Alexis Muderevu, the new president for the 2025-2026 term, delivers his remarks
Health

Rotary Club Kigali president pledges support for healthcare, green energy

Friday, July 11, 2025
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation.
International

WHO says hopes US ‘will reconsider’ intent to withdraw

Tuesday, January 21, 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
Students of Vellamal Nexus schools at the academy run by school coach Velavan Subbiah in Chennai, India [Maveeran Somasundaram/Al Jazeera]
Other Sports

How India’s Chennai mints world-beating chess champions, one move at a time

Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Members of the Club of Kigali Karisimbi, Kigali Virunga, Kigali Cosmopolitan, the Club of Kigali Seniors, and other Rotarians, address media about fighting polio in Rwanda. Craish Bahizi
Health

Rotarians boost fight against polio in Rwanda, globally

Monday, October 28, 2024
Rwanda was declared polio-free in 2004 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Health

World Polio Day: Why Rwanda still vaccinates despite being polio-free

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Since the outbreak in Rwanda, on Saturday, October 5, the Ministry of Health had reported 46 cases of the infectious disease and 12 deaths.

Five ways countries contained previous Marburg virus outbreaks

Sunday, October 06, 2024
The Marburg virus originated from the German city of Marburg in 1967
Health

Explainer: The origin of Marburg virus, name and nature

Thursday, October 03, 2024
Health workers conduct the Covid 19 mass testing exercise in Kigali July 23, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Editorial

Africa cannot continue to breed disease outbreaks

Friday, August 16, 2024