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Tackling dangerous myths: Rwanda’s enduring fight against HIV

Saturday, December 21, 2024
The Ministry of Health plans to adopt advanced technologies, including GPS tracking, to monitor bat migration and behaviour. Courtesy
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Rwanda to use GPS to monitor bats for zoonotic diseases

Friday, December 20, 2024
Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana declared the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda over on Friday, December 20.
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Rwanda declares Marburg virus outbreak over

Friday, December 20, 2024
Assiel Ngarambe, CHUK’s longest serving morgue attendant, inside the hospital's morgue. Photos by Willy Mucyo
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CHUK’s longest-serving morgue attendant who dignifies the dead

Friday, December 20, 2024
Yusuf Murangwa, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning addresses members of the National Consultative Forum of Political Organisations during the General Assembly on Thursday, December 19. Courtesy
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Govt mulls Mutuelle de Santé review to improve access to medicines

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Medics during the Marburg response earlier this year . Rwanda is expected to declare the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak on Friday, December 20. File
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Rwanda set to declare Marburg outbreak over

Thursday, December 19, 2024
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President Macron: Rwanda’s primary healthcare model exemplary

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
A medic takes care of a patient at King Faisal Hospital. Scientists are increasingly alarmed by the growing threat of zoonotic diseases—infections that jump from animals to humans. File
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Covid, Mpox, bird flu, MVD: Why viruses jump from animals to humans

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
President Kagame virtually addresses delegates during the inauguration of the World Health Organization Academy in Lyon, in France on December 17. Photo by Village Urugwiro
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Kagame: New WHO academy key in boosting health workers’ capacity

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Metabolic dysfunction includes conditions such as being overweight, diabetes, and other metabolic risk factors.
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No safe alcohol for people with metabolic dysfunction - study

Monday, December 16, 2024
A health worker carries out residual mosquito spraying in Mugina, Kamonyi District. (File Photo)
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Rwanda on track to meet global malaria reduction targets by 2025 — WHO report

Monday, December 16, 2024
President Kagame poses for a photo with a delegation from the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation at Village Urugwiro on Thursday, December 12. Photo by Village Urugwiro
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President Kagame receives Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation delegation

Thursday, December 12, 2024
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
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What achieving WHO Maturity Level 3 means for Rwanda

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
A pregnant woman undergoes a medical check-up in Kigali. File
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Rwandan health centres, clinics allowed to perform abortions

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Medics during an operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Govt scales up advanced healthcare training to meet growing demand

Monday, December 09, 2024
Lab technicians examine a sample. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Rwanda attains WHO Maturity Level 3 in medicines regulation

Friday, December 06, 2024
The drug Rwanda plans to roll out is the long-acting injectable Cabotegravir (CAB-LA), an intramuscular, long-acting form of PrEP.
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What to know about Rwanda’s new preventive HIV drug

Friday, December 06, 2024
Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Center, Claude Muvunyi delivers his remarks during the event.
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World AIDs Day: Rwanda introduces new preventive measure

Monday, December 02, 2024
The World AIDS Day was marked under the theme “End AIDS, My Responsibility.” 
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Rwanda observes World AIDS Day with renewed commitment to ending HIV, stigma

Sunday, December 01, 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.
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How and when does Rwanda FDA recall pharmaceutical products?

Friday, November 29, 2024