Rwanda News News Rwanda » Health: Rwanda initiative: public health boost with cervical cancer screening for 20,000
On April 30, BGI Genomics and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) launched a cervical cancer screening program in Ngoma District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. This program will provide 20,000 Human ...
News Rwanda » Health: CDC will start screening travelers from Rwanda to the US for Marburg virus
Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health ...
News Rwanda » Health: Rwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no ...
News Rwanda » Health: Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is now 'controlled,' Africa CDC says
Jean Kaseya, head of the African health body, said Rwanda shouldn't be punished for being transparent about the outbreak. Rwanda's Marburg virus outbreak is "controlled," according to Africa's top ...
News Rwanda » Health: Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak is officially over after no new cases reported, WHO says
The Marburg outbreak in Rwanda is officially over, health authorities said, putting an end to the Central African country’s first bout with the highly lethal Ebola-like virus. No new Marburg cases ...
News Rwanda » Health: In Rwanda, Health Performance Pays
Cash payments to clinics that meet government criteria result in increased use and quality of maternal and child health services. Evaluation of Rwanda’s program is a first for low-income countries; ...
News Rwanda » Health: Solo female travel in Rwanda: What I learned on the road
Lydia Klemensowicz’s journey through Rwanda challenged assumptions about women travelling alone in East Africa. Her updated account covers transportation, language, local experiences, Rwanda’s history ...
News Rwanda » Health: Yale leads largest-ever collaboration to educate health workers in Rwanda
Dr. Grace Igiraneza was in her second year of residency at the University of Rwanda when things started to change. Staffing on the wards increased as doctors from Yale and other American medical ...
News Rwanda » Health: Rwanda Has Become a Poster Child for Health Equity
Twenty years ago this week, Rwanda's genocide began. Over the course of 100 days, more than 1 million people would be murdered, and after the violence ended, the country—including its health care ...