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UN official urges domestic resource mobilization to sustain HIV fight

Xinhua 01 Dec 2023
1 (Xinhua) -- Domestic resource mobilization will be critical in the coming years for Rwanda and other countries to ensure sufficient and sustainable funding to sustain the gains toward ending AIDS by 2030, a UN official has said ... Hassan also mentioned the need to engage non-health actors, ensuring they are empowered to be part of the HIV programs.
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Interview: China, WHO work hand in hand on global malaria control, says WHO official

China.dot.org 01 Dec 2023
Ngamije, former minister of health of Rwanda, said that China has "achieved an exceptional status by being declared malaria-free in June 2021 by the WHO, becoming the first country in the Western Pacific region to obtain this certification in over 30 years.".
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China, WHO work hand in hand on global malaria control, says WHO official

Beijing News 01 Dec 2023
Ngamije, former minister of health of Rwanda, said that China has "achieved an exceptional status by being declared malaria-free in June 2021 by the WHO, becoming the first country in the Western Pacific region to obtain this certification in over 30 years.".
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Rwanda intensifies campaign against malnutrition

Xinhua 30 Nov 2023
Aline Uwimana, in charge of the Maternal and Child Health Division at the Rwanda Biomedical Center, said that health personnel would conduct child growth measurements for children aged six months to five years, screen children for malnutrition, and distribute micronutrient ...
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16 innovators shortlisted for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation in its 10th anniversary year

Business Ghana 30 Nov 2023
PenKeep, Adaeze Akpagbula, Nigeria – A climate-smart remote sensing device that monitors and controls environmental conditions in poultry farms, ensuring optimal health and productivity of chickens.  Second-Life Batteries, Léandre Berwa, Rwanda – A ...
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Rwanda: Rwanda FDA on Measures to Prevent Reappearance of Banned Products

All Africa 27 Nov 2023
To safeguard public health, the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) has outlined measures to prevent banned products from re-entering the market ....
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Rwanda to plant 2 mln trees around health facilities

Xinhua 26 Nov 2023
26 (Xinhua) -- The Rwandan Ministry of Health announced Sunday a tree planting campaign aiming to plant 2 million trees in and around health facilities in the country ... He said trees will be planted in and around 56 hospitals, 514 health centers and 1,252 health posts across the country ... Rwanda to plant 2 mln trees around health facilities.
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Mission Rwanda: Health First Cardiologist Dr. Khalid Sheikh Leads Life-Saving Team in Africa

Space Coast Daily 21 Nov 2023
Health First Cardiologist Khalid Sheikh, MD, far left, has been on dozens of international mission trips over the course of his medical career, and he recently joined Team Heart in Rwanda to help care for dozens stricken by infection and fever-related heart damage ... Health First ...
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MPs furious as iPad row overshadows SNP’s ‘best ever week’ in Westminster

The Times/The Sunday Times 19 Nov 2023
“We’re fighting serious issues at Westminster, we are fighting the good fight — on Rwanda, on Gaza, on Suella Braverman — and we’re. Related articles. How health minister’s iPad fiasco exposes crisis within SNP ... Euan McColm,. John Boothman ... .
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This pod is an AI-powered mini doctor’s office

Market Watch 16 Nov 2023
The shed-sized CarePod clinics are autonomous “AI doctor’s offices” where patients can privately get checkups or assess their heart health, mental health, cancer risk, kidney health and other vitals, according to startup Forward ... “We plan to keep growing until we get to Rwanda and other areas that desperately need health-care options.”.
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CÉSAR NIETO: Collaboration the key to a better healthcare system in SA

Business Day 16 Nov 2023
As various participants in SA’s health arena give input to the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system and the form it should take, they are agreed on one thing ... Rwanda, for instance, has made much progress in managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through community-based health insurance schemes.
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Scottish health minister blames £11,000 iPad roaming charge on sons watching football

ITV 16 Nov 2023
Speaking in Scottish Parliament, Health Secretary Michael Matheson apologised and said he had not wanted to reveal the information in a bid to protect his family ... And, while Yousaf has been urged to sack Mr Matheson amid the growing row, he said he has “absolute confidence in Michael Matheson as the Cabinet Secretary for Health”.
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UK Supreme Court rejects govt's Rwanda migrant policy

The New Arab 15 Nov 2023
UK government’s Rwanda plan was never about cutting migration ... Opponents decry the Rwanda policy as cruel, expensive and difficult to implement ... How the UK-Rwanda deportation deal shatters the mental health of migrants in Calais https.//t.co/3ERuwdGuO4 — The New Arab (@The_NewArab) June 17, 2022.
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UK government to learn Rwanda migrant policy fate

Tyler Morning Telegraph 15 Nov 2023
The UK Supreme Court will rule Wednesday on whether the government's controversial Rwanda policy for migrants is lawful, a decision with major political ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ... His administration says immigration must be slashed to ease pressure on housing and other social services, such as health.�.
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UK Supreme Court to decide fate of contentious Rwanda migrant policy

The Mercury 15 Nov 2023
The UK Supreme Court will rule Wednesday on whether a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful, a decision with major political ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ... His administration says regular and irregular immigration must be slashed to ease pressure on housing and other social services, such as health.�.
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