Health
Step Up suicide Prevention Efforts – WHO On World Suicide Prevention Day 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) says countries ‘should not and must not’ ignore suicide because each one is a tragedy. October 10, the world celebrates the World Suicide Prevention Day…
How Community Innovations Backup Gov’t Nutrition Funding
Kibeho women making Catholic souvenirs for religious tourists.. The next time you visit Kibeho, the Holy Land in Nyaruguru, Southern Province try to buy souvenirs of Mother Mary, mother of…
Vegetable Gardens: Nyamagabe Mothers Bridging Balanced Diet Gaps
To fight against malnutrition, Rwanda introduced vegetable garden program in 2006 as an innovation to enable families to eat more vegetables and live a healthy lifestyle. The gardens are based…
Meet Uwanyirigira, a Catholic Nun Who Changed Ways of Tackling Child Stunting
For Sister Solange Uwanyirigira, a calling to serve God is also a calling to serve humanity and there is no better way to do it than channeling efforts through vulnerable…
Rwanda: Community Takes Stunting Issue At Hand
Two months ago Agnes Ingabire faced a stunting issue with her three year old child but little did she had herself to blame. Ingabire only knew the case of her…
Imidido Or Podoconiosis, New Hope For Sufferers
In 2012, Donatile Mukantoni a resident of Musanze district, Northern Province developed a rare skin itch on her legs and feet, a condition she had not experienced since childhood. Due…
Give Me A Chance to Teach My Students, Raise My Children – Kidney Patient
Since 2017, Munezero Jean, a trainer at ESTB, a technical and vocational school in Musanze district, Northern Province has never missed a single week without visiting the African Health Care…
Rwanda: Regional Center Of Excellence For Vaccines Gets $ 17M Funding
The Regional Centre of Excellence(RCE) for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain has received $17million dedicated to expansion in digitalization in health supply chain management, cold-chain management, quality…
Rwanda: One Million Hypertension Cases Reported
Rwanda joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Hypertension Day with members of parliament committing to taking a lead role in increasing community awareness and advocacy to prevent…
Ruhengeri Hospital Sends Condolences to Bereaved Families In Unusual Neonatal Deaths
Ruhengeri referral hospital has presented utmost condolences to grieving families who lost their babies in unusual neonatal deaths nearly two months ago. According to an official statement released this afternoon…
Rwanda Prepares to Handle Trauma Cases Ahead of Kwibuka27
The Ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has announced plans of using mobile phone connections to intervene in cases of trauma and stress disorders during the 27th commemoration…
How Rwanda Plans to Deal with Cancer in the Next Decade
A recent report on the state of Cancer in Rwanda presented early this month on World Cancer Day shows that cervical cancer (cervix uteri) remains the most dominant among the…
