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.
Kigali: Whereas Africa has 10 per cent of the world’s population, about 70 per cent of HIV infections are found in Africa. Out of the 33 m people who were living with... Read more »
Kigali: Rwanda said Wednesday that it has not recorded any H1N1 cases (swine flu) for more than four months after the World Health Organisation declared Tuesday that the pandemic was over -... Read more »
Musanze, Northern Province: The Rwandan government is giving out hundreds of cell phones in an attempt to save pregnant women and babies.
Vienna: A vaginal gel that women can use significantly reduces a woman's risk of being infected with the HIV/Aids virus to a rate similar to how circumcision works with men, scientists said... Read more »
Kigali: Scientists in the US have succeeded in genetically engineering a malaria-resistant mosquito. The researchers, from the University of Arizona, introduced a gene that affected the insect's gut, meaning the malaria parasite... Read more »
Kigali: The prevalence of HIV/Aids is falling among young Rwandans because they are having safer sex with fewer partners, the United Nations AIDS programme said ahead of a major conference next week... Read more »
New York: After naming a panel of “superheroes” for the millennium development goals, the UN Secretary General says up to $60billion is needed to help them save mothers and children in the... Read more »
Kigali: Rwanda is the biggest recipient of Global Fund financing for HIV/Aids, Malaria and TB compared to all its regional partners with up to a billion dollars projected to be spent, according... Read more »
Kigali: The decision to grant bail to Peter Erlinder was made out of concern for his physical and mental health and in no way diminishes the seriousness of the charges against him,... Read more »