On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, the European Union in Rwanda, Member States and the Government of Rwanda will sign four supplementary contracts to boost Rwanda’s ecosystem for manufacturing health products including vaccines.... Read more »
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are pleased to announce the arrival of the first shipment of 99,100 doses of JYNNEOS mpox... Read more »
Le Rwandais Dr Richard Mihigo, candidat malheureux au poste de Directeur de l’OMS pour l’Afrique Le médecin rwandais de renom Dr Richard Mihigo n’a pas finalement été élu comme Directeur régional de l’Organisation... Read more »
Children and vulnerable communities are at the sharp end of an expanding outbreak of mpox in Eastern and Southern Africa. More than 200 confirmed cases have been detected across five countries (Burundi,... Read more »
A mother holds her child suffering from Mpox at the Mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo, on 23 July 2024. Thousands of children in... Read more »
Nurse uses a poster to explain cervical cancer to a patient in Rwanda CHAI (Clinton Health Access Initiative) has published a paper in Global Health: Science and Practice detailing the lessons learned... Read more »
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, DG de l’OMS Le Directeur général de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a estimé que la recrudescence de variole simienne (mpox) en... Read more »
Today at Urugwiro Village, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame received Dr. Jim Kim, Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE). President Kagame and Dr. Jim Kim discussed on strategies to deepen cooperation on medical... Read more »
Today, Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana received a delegation from Zhejiang University in China led by Prof George Gao, Xifeng Wu. Minister Sabin Nsanzimana and the Chinese delegation discussed partnership in... Read more »
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on EAC Partner States to educate their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Monkeypox (Mpox). This follows reports from... Read more »