UN sees ‘impressive progress’ in care for Rwanda mothers

Kigali: Hundreds of delegates heard Monday that efforts deployed in Rwanda to improve women’s health are paying-off as the number of mothers dying from labour-related complications is now at less than forty... Read more »

Rwanda seeking H1N1 vaccine

Kigali: As confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza rose to 108, Rwanda is awaiting enough doses of the H1N1 vaccine to immunize 10 per cent of the population, officials told RNA Monday.

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HIV vaccine news in Tanzania

Kigali: Tanzanian and international scientists have claimed a breakthrough in the HIV/AIDS vaccine trials saying they had registered 100% positive results in body immunity stimulation.

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“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 »