Latest figures, released by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre last month, indicated a seven per cent increase in alcohol consumption in the country over the past decade.

The Ministry of Health has since launched a fresh campaign ‘Tunyweless’, championed by health minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, to encourage the public, especially youth, to moderate their drinking patterns.

On this week’s episode of The Long Form podcast, we are joined by Dr Yvan Butera, the state minister at the Ministry of Health, to discuss the issue – and possible measures to curb it – in depth.

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