Community Health Workers becoming Rwanda’s shield against Malaria
Rwanda has over the years seen a significant decrease in malaria cases, credits to different initiates by the government, among them the screening and treatment...
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30% of Rwandans exposed to tobacco smoke at home
A survey conducted by Rwanda Non-Communicable Disease Alliance in partnership with the Ministry of Health in 2023, has indicated that 29.3 per cent of adult...
Gambia MP defends bid to legalise female genital mutilation
Gambian lawmaker Almaneh Gibba started his campaign to overturn a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation after the country imposed its first fines on those...
Pregnancy and Postpartum changes men should know about
Bringing a new life into the world is a remarkable journey filled with profound physical and emotional changes. From the exhilaration of pregnancy to the...
Rwanda, Cuba to bolster health sector cooperation
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on Monday, April 8, held discussions with Dr José Ángel Portal Miranda, Cuban Minister for Public Health, focusing on enhancing existing...
Five additional hospitals to start offering chemotherapy
Five new hospitals are expected to begin offering chemotherapy to cancer patients. The New Times reports Currently, the service is only available at select hospitals such...
Midwifery scholarship programme to address scarcity of healthcare specialists
The Ministry of Health in partnership with USAID Rwanda launched of the ‘500 Midwifery Scholarship Program’ through the USAID Ireme project implemented by Management Sciences...
How much water should you drink a day?
Just like me, Whether you’ve had fatigue or even dry skin, you’ve probably been told to drink more water as a cure. But experts say...
France blesses abortion with 85% of the public support
France has become the first country in the world to put the right to abortion in its constitution. Parliamentarians voted to revise the country’s 1958...
Symptoms of an enlarged prostate and how it is treated
he publicity surrounding King Charles’ health has brought renewed attention to a rather unspoken problem that affects millions of men worldwide: an enlarged prostate. Data...