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Religious leaders urged to support vaccination efforts

Kigali, Thursday 22 September 2022: The Ministry of Health has urged all religious leaders to support the vaccination efforts currently underway,…

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Hepatitis elimination: Rwanda on the last mile

Kigali, July 28 – Today, the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Centre and several government’s health development partners came together and…

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Rwanda rolls out free screening exercise to mitigate NCDs

Kigali, July 26 - The Ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) in partnership with AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company has…

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Rwanda celebrates the World Hypertension Day

The prevalence of hypertension has increased, especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs). In SSA the prevalence of HTA is around 27%  and…

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Community Health workers Policy undergoes reform for better service delivery

The Ministry of Health launched the policy dialogue on Rwanda community health sustainability and resilience to gather different views from key…

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Rwanda hosts the Afro national heads of units of diagnostic and laboratory services meeting

Kigali, July 5, 2022: World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional office for Africa organised the Afro National Heads of Diagnostic and Laboratory…

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Rwanda hosts the 11th Annual Case Management Working Group

Rwanda hosted RBM’s 11th Annual Case Management Working Group (CMWG) on 28-30 June 2021 at Lemigo Hotel. The meeting's theme was, “Access to quality…

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Rwanda FDA and Ghana FDA sign a memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the Food and Drug Authorities (FDA) in Rwanda and Ghana to work together to strengthen their…

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Youth urged to develop a culture of self-love and health practices to fight drug abuse

Bugesera, June 14, 2022: The Ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Centre, continues its one week campaign against drug abuse and illicit…

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Rwanda Celebrates World Blood Donor Day

Kigali, June 14, 2022: Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) on Tuesday encourages Rwandans, especially the youth, to donate blood in honour of World Blood…

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