Dr. Gloria Mukeshimana with an H.I.V. patient at Central Kigali Hospital. Kigali, Rwanda, once was inundated with H.I.V. cases. (Photo: The New York Times)

Kigali: German researchers who used a bone marrow transplant to treat a cancer patient with the AIDS virus, have declared him cured of the virus -- a stunning claim in a field where the word "cure" is barely whispered.

Kigali: Two years spent training traditional birth attendants in remote rural areas has allowed Rwanda to reduce the country's maternal mortality rate, says the country's health department.