Mass circumcision campaign in high gear

Kigali: Canadian doctors are in the country to train local practitioners on best practices in preparation for the mass circumcision campaign – as part of efforts to curb the spread of HIV/Aids.

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La tuberculose multi résistante : Un drame, pourtant pas un !

GLH 516: Un son métallique de cadenas retentit et un portail sombre se referme sur une vingtaine de gens dans un compartiment de l’Hôpital de Kabutare au Sud du Rwanda. Ce sont... Read more »

« Je n’ai pas peur » Témoignage d’une sidéenne

GLH 516: Depuis la cour de l’Ecole Primaire de Ngoma, s’entend le tapage qui provient d’une classe de première année où enseigne Mme Séraphine Dusabemariya. Vêtue d’un costume féminine africaine (boubou), debout... Read more »

Les Mutuelles de santé citées par des Experts comme modèle en Afrique

Kigali: La protection sociale et l’assurance-maladie pour toutes les composantes de la population africaine constituent un réel défi. Des Experts qui se sont retrouvés dans une conférence internationale en ce mois de... Read more »

UK backs campaigners on HIV/Aids control

Kigali: Under fire from campaigners for doing less to improve health care in developing countries, the UK is backing calls to combat the spread of HIV through renewed investment into the sector,... Read more »

HIV: Antiretroviral uptake more than 60 percent

Kigali: With HIV prevalence running low at just 3%, the number of infected people taking up medication has now reached 64 percent – among those that need the life-saving treatment, new figures... Read more »

HIV testing: Campaign out to change the “No Please”

Kigali: Ms. Domina had been pushing her husband for sex, but when he eventually gave in, she was adamant - that not until he tested for HIV. He insisted on using the... Read more »

Calls for equity funding in HIV programs

Kigali: Delegates to the just concluded high-level Paediatric conference have recommended that all national components in the fight against HIV be given equal attention, RNA report.   

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Diabetes common in southern Rwanda – study shows

Southern Province: People living in areas of southern Rwanda are prone to have diabetes than counterparts from the east because the southerners seem to take some essential foods for granted or do... Read more »

La famille est le meilleur centre psychiatrique

Kigali: La culture rwandaise a toujours prêché une distanciation face à un malade mental. « Un malade mental est, jusqu’à l’heure actuelle, plus stigmatisé qu’un tuberculeux alors que ce dernier est le... Read more »