The University of Rwanda (UR) has launched a prosthetics and orthotics laboratory to solve a problem of expensive artificial body parts while also serving for practices students of the College…
Health
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Kigali Faisal Hospital, Kigali, the country’s biggest referral hospital has acquired a state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner which the health facility says will improve service provision especially in the…
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Society
Persons with Multiple Disabilities Need New Category – Dr. Donatile Kanimba
by Daniel Sabiiti 6:32 pmRwanda Organization of Persons with Deaf-Blindness (ROPDB) has requested the government to place persons with multiple disabilities in a special classification category if their challenges are to be addressed individually…
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WaterAid Rwanda has taken a resolve to spare no efforts in raising awareness on the crucial role that sanitation plays in reducing disease and creating healthier communities. With the theme…
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Rwanda Biomedical Center and its partners in the fight against HIV/Aids has called on Rwandans to remember that the virus is equally a danger as COVID. Erneste Nyirinkindi, in charge…
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Increased teen pregnancies has evidently become one of the crucial current societal problems in Rwanda which has left government seeking for ways to end cases of child sexual abuse. The…
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National
HIV/AIDS: Reducing New Infections Possible – Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana
by Williams Buningwire 9:35 pmThe new survey has indicated that about 5,400 adults aged from 15-64 years old were infected with HIV/AIDS annually. According to the survey, HIV/AIDS prevalence among adults in the country stands…
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Obituaries
Pharmacy Expert Prof. Pierre Claver Kayumba Passes On
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 10:47 pmRwanda has lost an important person in the area of pharmacy who contributed quite a lot in the country’s education and research, Pierre Claver Kayumba over a yet to be…
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The Government’s efforts to improve the health sector have moved a further step with the establishment of the first cardiac catheterization laboratory that helps to diagnose, treat, correct heart deformations,…
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National
Hamwe Festival 2020: How UGHE Seeks to Use Arts as Alternative Medicine for Mental Health
by Daniel Sabiiti 3:50 amBill Ruzima, 20, is a performing artist who is little known in the Rwandan music industry but has been singing since age six and has always had an ambition to…
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National
Community Health Insurance Subscription Hits 81.1% Amidst Covid-19
by Daniel Sabiiti 11:19 pmRwanda Social Security Board –RSSB has published the status of subscription of the community based health insurance (CBHI) 2020/2021 which has reached 81.1% at national level as of this month.…
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The Minister of Health Dr Daniel Ngamije says Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have become a huge burden for the country, killing more people than any other cause of death, calling for…