Controversy looming over Canadian HIV drugs

Kigali: A Canadian company is delivering cheap generic HIV/Aids drugs to Rwanda on this week after going through a gruesome bureaucratic process and it says this shipment may be the last. However,... Read more »

Lutte contre le paludisme : Le Rwanda a enregistré des résultats probants

GLH 513: La charge mondiale du paludisme reste énorme, mais que l’accès aux interventions de la lutte antipaludique, notamment les moustiquaires en Afrique, s’est fortement amélioré entre 2004 et 2006, constate un... Read more »

Nothing is taboo in Aids fight – says government

Kigali: The spread of HIV/Aids will be difficult to control if health officials do not openly discuss issues considered taboo in the country to raise awareness on sex issues, a stake-holders workshop... Read more »

Canadian firm to ship AIDS drugs to Rwanda for first, perhaps last time

Kigali: Seven million pills will leave Toronto (Canada) Wednesday bound for Rwanda, the first and perhaps the last shipment of generic, low-cost drugs to treat HIV-AIDS produced under Canada's Access to Medicine... Read more »

Malaria patients down to 10% from over 50 percent

Kigali: Patients diagnosed with malaria at some health centers in Rwanda have dropped significantly that health officials are recording rising cases of others illnesses, a new World Health Organisation study suggests.

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RDC : Sida, taux élevé de prévalence chez les personnes qui ont une connaissance

Kinshasa: C’est ce que révèle une enquête démographique et de santé menée conjointement pendant 2 ans par les ministères de la Santé publique et du Plan, en collaboration avec des partenaires.

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Deworming campaign treats more than 5 million children, mothers

Kigali: The first-ever deworming campaign since last week throughout the whole country has seen 5 million school-aged children, 1.5 million pre-school children and 50,000 expectant mothers given necessary doses, the campaign’s partners... Read more »

Excitement as indoor-spraying to control malaria gets underway

Kigali: Rwanda this week relaunched the indoor-insecticide spraying program to control the spread of malaria in Kigali. For Vestine Mukagasana, the spraying comes at the right time.

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De la sexualité active des jeunes

GLH 511 : La jeune élève Evelyne Kabanyana,  18 ans, est en 4ème année au Collège de Kigoma près du centre urbain de Gitarama. Elle reconnaît que sur les 40 condisciples de... Read more »

When HIV carriers could be guilty for transmitting the virus

Kigali: In 2006, Mr. Emmanuel Gahutu and his wife discovered they were HIV positive. Mr. Gahutu now blames it all on her – after a 17-year marriage. As RNA reports, should some... Read more »