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Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) headquarters in Kigali. The World Health Organisation on December 5 announced that Rwanda achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) in the global classification of national regulatory authorities. File
Health

What achieving WHO Maturity Level 3 means for Rwanda

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Lab technicians examine a sample. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda attains WHO Maturity Level 3 in medicines regulation

Friday, December 06, 2024
Between 2023 and 2024, the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) recalled 14 medicines and over two dozen batches due to safety and quality concerns.
Health

How and when does Rwanda FDA recall pharmaceutical products?

Friday, November 29, 2024
Rwanda Investigation Bureau presented a group of 10 suspects to the media, charged with illicit alcohol production in Gisozi, Gasabo District, Kigali On Tuesday, October 22. Craish Bahizi
Crime

Detectives pounce on fake liquor distillery in Kigali, 10 arrested

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A substandard abattoir in Kamonyi District. RICA recommends that all sorts of slaughtering should be conducted in registered and licensed slaughterhouses, equipped with the necessary tools and personnel for a hygienic and controlled environment.
Health

RICA explains risks in substandard abattoirs

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Rwanda is set to apply antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in response to the ongoing Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak. COURTESY
Health

What is Remdesivir, the drug Rwanda will use for Marburg virus response?

Saturday, October 05, 2024
A health worker administers a vaccine. American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences will donate thousands of vials of its antiviral drug remdesivir to Rwanda. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Marburg virus: Gilead confirms remdesivir drug donation to Rwanda

Friday, October 04, 2024
Participants and the officials pose for a group photo during the workshop on August 14.
Featured

FEATURED: FAO project to boost financial literacy, capital for MSMEs in agribusiness

Friday, August 16, 2024
Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana and Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Badr Abdelaaty during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Monday, August 12. Photo by Joan Mbabazi
Health

Rwanda, Egypt ink deal to support modern heart centre in Kigali

Monday, August 12, 2024
Dr Emile Bienvenu, Rwanda FDA Director-General and representative of the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) during the signing event on June 20. Courtesy
Health

What new Rwanda-France cooperation on medicines regulation means

Thursday, June 27, 2024
Jerome Ndahimana, the officer in charge of quality maturity model at Rwanda Standards Board/Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Health

Foodborne illnesses: Food and drugs agency warns public against substandard local brews

Friday, June 07, 2024
President Kagame chairing a past cabinet meeting at Village Urugwiro in Kacyiru. The cabinet among others approved new foreign envoys to Rwanda. File
Rwanda

Ghana gets first envoy resident in Kigali as Kaboneka joins human rights commission

Thursday, May 23, 2024