Brazzaville/Kigali – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease, with 26 cases confirmed and six deaths reported currently.Cases of the viru…
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), has provided financial and technical support to medical students from the Medical Student Association of Rwanda (MEDSAR) to b…
Read moreIt is a bustling morning at the Nyabahinga market, in Burera District in Rwanda. The place is alive with music blasting and loud voices of sellers calling for customers and haggling prices. In a distinct quiet corner, a …
Read moreOn May 5th, 2024, hundreds of Kigali residents laced up their walking shoes on a sunny morning for the World Health Day Walkathon, a vibrant event led by young leaders from the Global Health Corps (GHC) fellowship progra…
Read moreWithin the sterile, brightly lit, and meticulously organized laboratory of Kibungo Hospital, three dedicated women, clothed in white coats and gloves, are sowing the seeds of a healthy Rwanda. A young woman, Franci…
Read moreIn the wake of devastating floods that swept across Rwanda in May 2023, World Health Organization (WHO) partnered with Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) to empower a crucial group in the emergency response: frontline worker…
Read moreNestled amidst Rwanda’s rolling hills lies the Ntaganzwa Health centre, in Ngororero District, a facility that caters for more than 3 000 children under five years. Mado Ishimwe, a 27-year-old nutritionist, recounts how …
Read moreRwanda – When community health workers announced a mass polio vaccination campaign in Karongi, on the eastern shores of Lake Kivu last year, mother Marie Claire Umutoniwase knew this was her opportunity to protect the health of her now nine-month-old daughter Ornella. Umutoniwase had learned from community health workers the devastating effects of polio and says, "I feel at peace knowing my daughter is vaccinated.”
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