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Kigali residents undergo a mass screening exercise of Non-Communicable Diseases during Car Free Day mass sports. Photo by Craish Bahizi

NCDs: Numbers may be silent, but these statistics should scare us all

Thursday, May 23, 2024
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Africa

WHO expresses concern over monkeypox outbreak in DRC

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (R), the Rwandan Minister of Health, and Minata Samate Cessouma, the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development, shake hands after signing a host agreement for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) in Kigali in June 2023. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Rwanda hosting AMA headquarters could be a game-changer for health in Africa

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Pupils from All Saints' Cathedral Primary School display health information during the launch of the National Strategic Plan for tuberculosis in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on Jan. 22, 2024. (Photo by Allan Mutiso/Xinhua)
Africa

AU officials laud China's support to promote health in Africa

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Experts discuss on the potential of these programmes to address current challenges during a validation workshop for the courses on March 7. All Photos by Craish Bahizi
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UR to launch Master’s programmes for vaccine manufacturing advancement

Sunday, March 10, 2024
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 20, 2021. REUTERS
Health

The world is not yet prepared for next pandemic, WHO boss warns

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
This photo taken on Jan. 31, 2024 shows the headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Africa CDC has gained acclaim for its contribution to bettering public healthcare in Africa as it marked its seventh anniversary. (Photo by Michael Tewelde/Xinhua)
Health

Seven years on, Africa CDC wins acclaim for safeguarding people's health

Friday, February 02, 2024
In Rwanda HIV prevention remains the key pillar in the fight against HIV, reducing new HIV infections, and assuring that people living with HIV are diagnosed and initiated on treatment early.
Health

Young women and girls face higher HIV risk — UN report

Friday, January 05, 2024
A health worker during the Covid 19 vaccination exercise in 2022. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Is Africa prepared for the next pandemic?

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The launch took place during a two-day EAC Regional Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Health, Population, and Development which was held from December 20 to 21, in Kigali.
Health

EAC inter-parliamentary alliance on digital health launched

Friday, December 22, 2023
President Paul Kagame addresses delegates during the official launch of BioNTech’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali on Monday, December 18. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Health

BioNTech: Kagame hails launch of first plant in Rwanda, calls for more trust, cooperation

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Officials and participants pose for a group photo during the induction ceremony on November 1. All Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
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FEATURED: UR’s regional vaccines centre launches MSc in Pharma, Analysis and Quality Assurance programme

Tuesday, November 21, 2023