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Some of the young girls who benefit from Imbuto Foundation sponsorship during the celebration of the International Day of Girl Child in Musanze, on October 11, 2022. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Rwanda's eight landmark achievements in gender equality

Monday, July 31, 2023
Panelists during session at Women Deliver Conference on balancing access to care and care responsibilities among women healthcare workers. OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Africa

Africa set to benefit from Canada’s $200m fund for gender equality

Sunday, July 30, 2023
A community health worker spraying medicine to combat malaria in Ruhango district. Scientists have warned of a surge in malaria in the Northern province as temperatures rise. File
Health

Scientists warn of malaria in Northern province as temperatures rise

Sunday, July 30, 2023
A community health worker vaccinates a child assisted by Alice Kayitesi, the Governor of Southern Province (C), and Dr Theopista Kabuteni, WHO Reproductive Maternal and Neonatal Health Specialist. This was during the official launch of a comprehensive vaccination campaign against Polio 2, in Nyanza District, on Monday, July 24. According to Rwanda Biomedical Centre, the five-day countrywide exercise targets over 2.7 million children under seven. Courtesy
Health

Explainer: Is the polio outbreak in region a cause for concern?

Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The government launched a comprehensive vaccination campaign against Polio 2,on Monday, July 24. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda’s new polio vaccination campaign targets 2.7 million children

Monday, July 24, 2023
According to Hassan Sibomana, the manager of RBC’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI),they put more efforts in trying to “not leave any child behind when it comes to vaccination'.Courtesy
Health

Rwanda mulls using biometric tech in vaccination programs

Saturday, July 22, 2023
Sandrine Umutoni, Director General of the Imbuto Foundation, speaks about the progress that Rwanda has made in promoting and implementing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) policies. Olivier MUGWIZA

Evaluating Rwanda’s progress in addressing women’s sexual and reproductive health

Friday, July 21, 2023
Some of the delegates who attended the event
Health

New research launched to tackle adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights

Thursday, July 20, 2023
Rwanda is one of the African countries with the best coverage for the Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccine (DPT) vaccine, a new report by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF showed on Tuesday, July 18.
Health

Why Rwanda leads Africa in vaccine coverage

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
(Left) Eugenie Mukantagwera in 2021, when she weighed 130kgs. (photo courtesy). (Right) Mukantagwera smiles during an interview in 2023, after losing 45kgs in three years. Photo by Willy Mucyo

VIDEO: “Motos rejected me, bus users were uneasy”: A woman’s success story in weight loss

Friday, July 14, 2023
Dr Yvan Butera, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Health, makes a point during a podcast conversation with The Long Form host, Sanny Ntayombya, on Monday, July 10. CHRISTIANE MURENGERANTWARI
Current Affairs

PODCAST: Alcohol consumption is on rise in Rwanda. What next?

Tuesday, July 11, 2023
A recent survey conducted by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) reveals that alcohol consumption in the country has risen from 41 percent in 2013 to 48 percent in 2022. CRAISH BAHIZI
Health

Five lesser known ways alcohol impacts your body

Monday, July 10, 2023