TweetKirehe District Health advisers have visited their colleagues in Bugesera district in a way of learning from them how to conserve people’s lives in their community. This study trip was done due to the friendship that exists between the health advisors in both districts especially the health advisors in Mayange sector in Bugesera district and [...]

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TweetThe  District leadership in Rutsiro is planning on introducing swift ways to offer Health Insurance service (Mituelles de Santé) to residents, following a recent meeting with health Insurance experts. The Health Ministry reports that the service in the area has been slow. This meeting involved people from different medical insurance companies, people concerned with social [...]

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TweetAfter listening to the reasons why the Kibuye Hospital delayed to be constructed for over 6 months, the Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho asked the Karongi district administration to take to court the contractor to pay back the money used on his behalf. The contract to design the project to expand Kibuye Hospital was [...]

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TweetThe director of Kibungo hospital Dr. William Namanya called on girls to come and take the cervical cancer vaccine after many people telling them that this vaccine could prevent them from getting pregnant   The doctor said this while in GS Musya in Rurenge sector where they were doing this act of vaccinating girls against [...]

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TweetA week to care for mothers and children’s health and vaccinating against uterus cancer to young girls for the 3rd and last time was officially started on the 16th.Oct.2012 in Kirehe district.  Jacqueline Murekatete the vice mayor for social affairs in Kirehe district who presided over the function asked all parents to participate in all [...]

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Tweet “The vaccine of the cervical cancer protects women from getting that type of cancer but does not prevent them from facing other consequences related to sexual intercourse like getting pregnant and getting infected with HIV/AIDS” as said by Anathalie Uwimana the leader of the vaccination programme in Giheke sector Rusizi district while starting the [...]

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TweetOver 25 children born with heart defects will get open heart surgery next week by a team of 22 pediatric cardiologists who reached Rwanda on Saturday. The head of this charitable mission to save children born with heart defects, Thiery Sluysmans, says their mission is to save lives of Rwandan babies born with heart defects. [...]

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TweetHealth experts say that people confuse teething in children to be dental sickness (ibyinyo) in children does not exist. Senior doctor of Byumba hospital, Dr. Fred Muhairwe asserts “canines are longer than other teeth. They pain a lot and grow first though they take long to appear due to their length. Some parents think their [...]

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TweetWhile preparing for a family promotion month, Mission of Hope Rwanda with the support of Global Fund through SPIU project and Mururu sector in Rusizi district, the health workers in Mururu sector review their achievements in the 30 days of Door to Door Campaign. Many of the programs worked on in this campaign include sensitizing [...]

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Tweet All residents will have contributed for 2012-2013 mutuelle de santé before December 2012, says Mrs. Juliette Muhawenimana, Rusizi district worker in charge of mutual health mobilization.   This was revealed on October 11th 2012 in Nzahaha sector in Rusizi district, during the meeting with local leaders at different levels to design measures of increasing [...]

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