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Dr Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Division Manager of Malaria and NTDs at Rwanda Biomedical Centre addresses participants. He said that the neglected diseases are found mostly in sub-Saharan African countries. Photos by Craish Bahizi

Concerted efforts needed to end ‘neglected diseases’

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Absorption and metabolism of food are more efficient compared to older adults. Sam Ngendahimana

Understanding dietary needs of adolescents

Monday, January 23, 2023

Volunteers help a trauma victim during a commemoration event at Kicukiro Nyanza Genocide Memorial on May 4, 2019. Sam Ngenda

Trauma: Clinical psychologist on the essence of helping society heal

Monday, January 23, 2023

Medics during an operation at Masaka hospital. Medical students are requesting for a revision of the policy that requires all medicine graduates from UR to serve in government hospitals for two to se

Medical students appeal for review of four-year retention policy

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Mosquito repellent that should be used by workers during at night. Internet

MPs want mosquito repellents for late-night at-risk workers

Friday, January 20, 2023

A pregnant woman undergoes a medical check-up in Kigali. MPs urged the Ministry of Health to implement digital antenatal tools' plan in government hospitals within a year. Sam Ngendahimana

Parliament pushes for digital antenatal tool ‘to prevent deaths’

Friday, January 20, 2023

Some of 40 new ambulances donated by Belgium to Rwanda on September 24, 2020. Parliament has requested the government to show the road map to address the shortage of ambulances in six months. Craish Bahizi

Parliament tasks Govt to acquire more ambulances

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Leen Rigouts, a Senior Scientific Expert Mycobacteriology Unit at ITM (Left) speaks about the partnership during the launch of the partnership between Rwanda and Belgium on Wednesday, January 18,2023. Courtesy

Rwanda, Belgium enter five-year partnership to strengthen advanced medical services

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

A health worker conducts the Covid 19 mass testing exercise in Kigali on July 23, 2021. The recently bout of flu which intensified during the rainy season left children and adults sick and weak. File

Health official dispels myths around recent bout of flu

Friday, January 13, 2023

University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) will relocate from its current site in Nyarugenge District to Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District. fIle

CHUK relocation construction ongoing

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Munyaneza applies speed on the wheelchair to grab the ball.

Basketball player on pushing past the walls of physical disability

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) Medical Students in the lab at the Butaro Campus. File

Most medical students in Rwanda suffer “poor sleep quality”- research

Monday, January 09, 2023

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Rwanda FDA bans ‘penile enlargement drugs’

Friday, January 06, 2023

Bernard Umuntoniwase, a US-trained burn surgeon and a general surgeon at Kibogora Hospital

One doctor’s dream to improve burn treatment in Rwanda coming to reality

Friday, January 06, 2023

More than 150 girls from Murambi, Kiziguro, and Rwimbogo sectors attended the holiday camp held in Gatsibo.

Gatsibo adolescent girls tipped on reproductive health

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

Doctors conduct a medical operation at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District. Though a communiqué of cabinet meeting decisions, on November 11, 2022, said that from January 2023, the official working hours will be eight, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, excluding a one-hour lunch break, the Ministry of Health announced that medical personnel will continue to start work at the usual time, 7 am, to ensure that the public has access to essential health services. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Health personnel want to benefit from changes to working hours

Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Doctors conduct an operation at Kacyiru Hospital. Medical personnel will have to start work from the usual time – at 7 am – in a bid to ensure that the public has access to essential health service.

Why working hour change is not applicable for health facilities

Sunday, January 01, 2023

A health worker conducts the Covid 19 vaccination activity in Kigali. Rwanda raised its Covid-19 vaccination targets the revision means that Rwanda now aims to vaccinate 69.4 % of her population by the
end of 2022. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Health: A year of mixed fortunes

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Chinese experts during a medical operation at Masaka Hospital. This year, the 22nd Chinese Medical Team composed of 15 members handled 12,291 cases, of which some 1200 were surgeries. Photo by Dan Nsengiyumva.

Chinese medics treat over 12,000 Rwandan patients

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Kinshasa residents turn up to search for bodies of over 140 people who were killed by disasters in DR Congo capital city on December 14. Courtesy

How eco system affects human health

Wednesday, December 28, 2022