“80% HIV/Aids patients getting free pills”

Kigali: From the more than 72,000 patients on antiretroviral therapy in the country, up to 80 percent get the life-prolonging pills free of charge, TRAC Plus – the government disease control agency... Read more »

Big pharmaceutical firms back generic drugs for Rwanda

Seven million life-saving pills landed this last month in Rwanda, the second — and possibly final — shipment of drugs to be produced under Canada's... Read more »

Antiretroviral recipients up 2% every month

Patients wait to be seen at the Mayange Health Centre, Bugesera. Officials say decentralizing health care has been the key to Rwanda's success. (Photo: IRIN)

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“29 have cured from swine flu”

Kigali: Some 56 people are said to have been infected with the H1N1 virus in just nine days – with new information now suggesting that most of the victims have recoverd from... Read more »

ONU : « L’armée de RDC a tué 50 réfugiés hutu rwandais »

Kinshasa : Des soldats des forces armées de RD Congo (FARDC) ont tué 50 réfugiés « hutu rwandais » et enlevé une quarantaine de femmes qui ont été victimes de "viols" lors... Read more »

Cabinet Minister brings swine flue

Kigali: The original source of the H1N1 virus that has now infected 32 individuals is a senior cabinet minister and her two children, RNA can reveal from sources that have been closely... Read more »

Swine flu cases up 25 in five days

Kigali: From 14 confirmed cases of people with the H1N1 virus by Monday evening, the number has almost doubled but health officials told RNA the situation is under control, as of Tuesday... Read more »

Study dismisses World Bank, IMF conditions on health sector

Kigali: Given sufficient training and support, Rwandan nurses can safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with HIV, according to new research, but rolling out this program has been made... Read more »

Mother and two children confirmed with Swine flu

Two girls pass through the King Faisal security with masks on them. Nobody is being allowed into the hospital unless they have the protection

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Swine flu hits 75 in Uganda

Kigali: Uganda is in the midst of a spreading swine flue with the country now registering 75 laboratory confirmed cases, 38 of which are from schools and the remaining 37 from the... Read more »