Health professionals response to gender based violence

Kigali: Health professional leaders are discussing ways of improving the health sector in response to reducing community predicaments like gender based violence in the country, RNA has learnt. Read more »

Province du Sud : le Planning familial vivement encouragé

Province du Sud : La réflexion autour de la régulation des naissances est devenue un point extrêmement sensible dans la province du sud où selon les autorités la population croit très rapidement.... Read more »

“The invisible condom” and other male circumcision myths

Kigali: Rwanda is in the process of adopting male circumcision as a part of its national HIV prevention strategy, but experts worry that a spike in requests before a planned public awareness... Read more »

Le traitement avec de nouveaux antipaludiques, moins effectif à l’est du Rwanda

Kigali: Au Rwanda, la consommation de nouveaux  médicaments antipaludiques pour  les populations  rurales demeure toujours un véritable casse-tête. La plupart des communautés rurales à l’est du pays préfèrent recourir à des soins... Read more »

A sign that family planning is desperately needed

Bugesera: This is what happens when a school system can't keep pace with the vast numbers of students that must have an education: half of the classes come to school in the... Read more »

Rwanda health sector suffers 51% skills gap-Report

The health sector in Rwanda has an overall skills gap of 51% and the country’s key goals in the health sector are likely to be unachievable unless measures are taken to curb... Read more »

Peace Corps to reinforce health sector

Peace Corps, an American based organization providing volunteering work in over 139 countries worldwide are back in Rwanda, after a 15-year absence, Rwanda News Agency has established. Read more »

Les antirétroviraux disponibles mais souvent inaccessibles

Kigali: Au Rwanda, où les antirétroviraux sont gratuits, bon nombre de malades ont cependant du mal à y accéder. Soit parce qu’ils ne répondent pas aux critères qui autorisent la délivrance de... Read more »

Detractors want President Bush’s HIV program reviewed

Kigali: Rwanda is getting to the tune of $100million annually from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that has gone to numerous programs, but critics – even in Rwanda,... Read more »

New malaria medication due on the market

Kigali: The discovery of the new Malaria treatment with no side effects is set to be a new dawn for Sub Saharan African countries grappling with malaria every year – coming a... Read more »