Rwanda News » Kigali News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rwandans love their milk bars. The health minister wishes they'd drink a little less
A big glass of moo juice — no, make that several glasses a day — is common in Rwanda. Is that too much of a good thing?
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Kigali summit calls for better data on soil health to boost food security
For Africans to fully benefit from their land and other natural resources, they must put into action the commitments made at different meetings.' ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rising NCD Burden Drives Longer, Costlier Care, Experts Warn
Rwanda needs to invest more in preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) before they progress to severe illness and prolonged hospital care, Dr. Theoneste Maniragaba, Director of the Cancer ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: China hands over major hospital project to Rwanda
KIGALI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday handed the Masaka Hospital renovation and expansion project to Rwandan authorities at a ceremony held at the hospital in the capital, Kigali.
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rwanda’s first PhD radiologist on innovation, policy and medical imaging
Dr. Theonille Mukabagorora does not seek the spotlight, but her work speaks volumes. As Rwanda’s first, and only radiologist with a PhD – she’s breaking new ground in a field often overlooked but ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rwanda: What Rwanda's Health System Has Become After Three Decades
One of the most remarkable achievements Rwanda has witnessed since its liberation has been the transformation of its health sector. Three decades ago, the country faced the enormous task of rebuilding ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rwanda Advances Cancer Control with Focus on Cervical Cancer and Health Workforce Development
Rwanda has taken important steps to tackle preventable cancers nation-wide, a recent international assessment has found. This includes measures to improve cancer services, develop key governance ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says
An outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever is under control and travel bans targeting the East African country are unnecessary, the head of Africa's top public health agency said Thursday.
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: Opinion: How public-private partnerships boost health tech in Rwanda
Launch of Zipline’s medical delivery drones in Muhanga, Rwanda on October 2016. Photo by: Paul Kagame / CC BY-NC-ND Public-private partnerships have played a key role in Rwanda’s impressive digital ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Health: How Rwanda is spearheading efforts to tackle mental health
KIGALI, Rwanda — Around 12% of people in sub-Saharan Africa live with a mental illness such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and alcohol and drug use disorders — a ...