Only accredited medical lab due in two years

Kigali: The first public lab in Rwanda is to have internationally accredited standards within two years, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Permanent Secretary for the Rwanda Ministry of Health, told delegates from the UN... Read more »

Quand l’ignorance des parents compromet la vie des enfants

Quelques-uns des enfants hospitalisés au centre nutritionnel de Rukara pour kwashiorkor

Kayonza: Il est environ 12h 30 quand un groupe de journalistes pénètrent dans une salle... Read more »

New-borns safer with mothers on early ARV treatment

Kigali: Contrary to existing findings that HIV-positive expectant women can deliver safe babies when they start treatment late in their pregnancy, new research says the unborn baby has a higher safety when... Read more »

A l’Est, planification familiale à 50% fin 2009

Kayonza: Dans le but de faire face à la poussée démographique et d’atteindre les objectifs de croissance envisagés en 2020, les femmes du district de Kayonza en province de l’Est qui recourent... Read more »

Elite King Faisal hospital ups fares by 40%

Kigali: The high-end King Faisal hospital is to increase treatment fares by 40 percent as part of plans to expand and give the best of services, its chief executive said.

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HIV circumcision study ends early

Kigali: Circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found.

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Countering HIV/Aids using those most at risk

Kigali: A truck stop in Gikondo-MAGERWA, suburb of Kigali, was transformed into a discussion forum on HIV/AIDS this week. Truck drivers, sex workers, and members from the community exchanged ideas with HIV/AIDS... Read more »

Women “naturally weaker” to battling HIV

Kigali: Women are naturally programmed to be the weaker sex when it comes to fighting off HIV, according to the latest findings. However, the researchers are yet to look at how medication... Read more »

Govt tightens swine flu controls, 2 more cases in Uganda

Even those deeply in love have taken up strick control measures in countries where the pandemic is hitting hard

Kigali: As outbreaks of the swine flu... Read more »

Hope for Women battling breast cancer

Kigali: Breast Cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the world and yet a neglected disease in East Africa, but that is bound to change. A new initiative is... Read more »