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The National Union of Disability Organizations in Rwanda (NUDOR) praised a new bill proposing access to reproductive health services, including contraception, for teenagers aged 15. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Disability advocacy group backs bill on contraception for 15-year-olds

Monday, November 11, 2024
Dr Nsanzimana tables the bill on healthcare services before the lawmakers, on Tuesday, November 5. The draft legislation seeks, among others, to lower the age of consent for healthcare services to 15 with a view to enhancing access and reduce health risks.Photo Courtesy
Health

Govt tables bill allowing contraception for 15-year-olds

Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Diane Nikuze Nkusi (R), a journalist at Umuringa News, emphasized the valuable insights gained from the training regarding journalists' role in promoting family planning awareness.
Featured

Media professionals discuss amplifying diverse voices in SRHR reporting

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Some teen mothers with their babies after giving birth due to unwanted pregnancies (Courtesy)
Women

What will it take for Rwanda to rein in the teenage pregnancy menace?

Wednesday, October 09, 2024
A community health worker interacts with a pregnant woman with her husband at Mubuga Hospital in Karongi District on December 9, 2022. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Health

How Rwanda’s family planning methods transformed maternal, child health

Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Xaverine Uwimana, the coordinator of Réseau des Femmes Oeuvrant pour le Développement Rural speaks at the meeting in Kigali on Friday, September 6. Courtesy
Law

Activists: Law on reproductive health should allow minors access to contraceptives

Sunday, September 08, 2024
A monument depicting two RPA soldiers on duties while others are rescuing Tutsi during the liberation war to stop the 1994 Genocide against the Tusti. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Rwanda’s rebirth, 30 years on

Thursday, July 04, 2024
A sunburn is a form of radiation injury that occurs due to overexposure to hot sun, affecting the skin and eyes.

From tanning to sunburn; what you need to know

Friday, June 21, 2024
Members of the group that is translating that toolkit on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies, from English into Kinyarwanda. File

Toolkit could give more edge to arsenal against teen pregnancies

Monday, May 06, 2024
A teen mother snuggles her baby for the camera during a Women's Day event at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Butaro, Burera District, in March 2023. PHOTO BY UGHE.

Teen pregnancy: Fighting access to contraceptives is a distraction from the real battle

Monday, April 15, 2024
Dr Inyange is a neurosurgeon at the Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK). Courtesy photo.
Women

Girls, be the difference the country’s healthcare is looking for — Rwanda’s youngest neurosurgeon

Friday, March 08, 2024
Some of young teen girls who are victims of unwanted pregnancies (Courtesy)
Editorial

Teenage pregnancy: Time to openly discuss alternative solutions

Wednesday, January 31, 2024