Exploring new policy questions in HIV/Aids treatment

Kigali: With more funding for large-scale treatment programs for HIV/AIDS, research on emerging policy questions related to treatment is increasingly in demand. Putting into consideration successes in Rwanda and other countries with... Read more »

Les ARV ont recréé l’espoir

GLH 507, Kigali: Adeline Umutoni, 25 ans, a commencé le régime des antirétroviraux (ARV) en 2004. Elle ne pesait que 43 kg et son état de santé était désespéré. Aujourd’hui, elle a... Read more »

More young Rwandans having sex at early age

Kigali: Indifferent from other regions, young people in Rwanda are having sex at very tender ages living the fight against the spread of HIV/Aids in controversy, as indicated by the latest UN... Read more »

Campaign coming as intestinal worms affect more than 65 percent

Kigali: Martha Nizeyimana’s two-and-half-year-old son arrived at Nyamagabe Health Center recently vomiting and suffering from bloody diarrhea. Nurses quickly figured out he had intestinal worms, just like his three elder siblings before... Read more »

L’assurance maladie: Deux poids deux mésures

Kigali: Les porteurs de l’assurance maladie relevant des mutuelles de santé disent qu’ils ne bénéficient pas des soins de qualité. Une situation qui crée des frustrations parmi les adhérents qui se recrutent... Read more »

AIDS: ABC strategy faces challenges in western province

Western Province: Emmanuel Gahutu 42, spends most of his day telling people to abstain from sex, be faithful to their partners or use condoms to avoid HIV. Despite this, as RNA writes,... Read more »

When HIV patients have to walk days for antiretrovirals

HEALTH/Kigali: In Gisagara district – Southern province – bordering Burundi, Daphroza, 45, looks frail with a visible rush on her face and arms. She has a CD4 count or the immune system's... Read more »

Doctor shortage: A problem for health insurance beneficiaries

Kigali: Mukarugwiza Console is sitting under a small tree outside the Nyamagabe hospital, with a crying kid on her back and another by her side. She has been waiting to see the... Read more »

La mortalité due à la malaria a régressé de 9,3 à 2,9 %

GLH 509, Kigali: Aujourd’hui, 1er juillet 2008, les Rwandais se souviennent que cette date représente l’accès de leur pays à l’indépendance. C’est- à- dire l’adieu à la chicote, aux crachats, aux mépris,... Read more »

Researchers push for rapid circumcision campaigns

Kigali: Local and international researchers want government to move fast to implement the planned mass circumcision drive as part of efforts to curb the spread of HIV/Aids, RNA reports.

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