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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More men dying on antiretroviral treatment

Kigali: More women are taking antiretroviral medication in Rwanda but more men are dying during the treatment, TRAC Plus - the agency managing the ARV program says.
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HIV/Aids microbicides “a long way to go”

Kigali: Microbicides – substances that scientists had believed could reduce transmission of the HIV/Aids virus in women may not come that soon, a senior official from the partnership that is developing the... Read more »

Harsh prison conditions propagating HIV/Aids – study reveals

Kigali: Faced with overcrowding, hunger and social isolation, Rwandan prisoners have resorted to risky behaviours for comfort rendering them vulnerable to spread of HIV/Aids, research presented at a stakeholders workshop on Wednesday... Read more »

Quand l’utilisation du chalumeau propage la Tuberculose

SANTE/Kigali : Kibaba Thomas, 46 ans, est un maçon apprécié dans sa cellule périurbaine de la capitale Kigali. Il a contribué à construire plusieurs de ces belles maisons qui font la fierté... Read more »

HIV/Aids: Campaigners still confronting rare case of stigma

HEALTH/Southern Province: In May 2006, Josiane – now 9-years old and her sister – 4 years - lost their mother to HIV/Aids. Their father had already abandoned them as their mother lay... Read more »