Rwanda

Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ ( listen); Kinyarwanda: U Rwanda [u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.

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Ghana will take advantage of Fourth Industrial Revolution – Bawumia

Ghana Business News 18 Dec 2018

She commended innovative solutions such as Ghana’s Farmerline, which is helping farmers farm more and earn more on their produce; Kenya’s M-Pesa which has helped with mobile money transactions, and Rwanda’s Zipline, which uses drones to deliver blood and medical supplies to remote health facilities in a timely manner....

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The future of work in sub-Saharan Africa

Sierra Leone Telegraph 18 Dec 2018

Sierra Leone Telegraph. 17 December 2018. ... The authors of the paper ask ... The paper warns that ... This is her speech. ... In my remarks this morning, I will first look at the forces that will shape the future of work in sub-Saharan Africa ... III ... Zipline in Rwanda uses drones to deliver blood and medical supplies to remote health facilities in a timely manner ... ....

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IMF Boss Touts Zipline’s Use Of Drones For Medical Supplies In Rwanda

Peace FM Online 17 Dec 2018

The IMF boss had high praise for Ghana’s Farmerline, which helps farmers to grow more and earn more on their produce, and Zipline in Rwanda, which employs drone technology to complement the country’s health delivery system ... Look for instance at Zipline in Rwanda, which ......

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Rwanda Has Achieved Universal Healthcare

All Africa 16 Dec 2018

With more than 90 per cent of Rwandans covered under the community-based health insurance scheme locally known as Mutuelle de Sant�, Rwanda is one of the few developing countries in the world that have successfully achieved universal healthcare .......

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Testimonies from Kigali; Lessons from Ghana

Joy Online 14 Dec 2018

As I listened to the Prime Minister of Rwanda, and the Minister of Health of Burkina Faso on what had accounted for their quantum leaps into success, I understood why Ghana had been such a slow player ... Today, Rwanda commits 20% of its annual budget to health....

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Trauma remains high among Rwandan genocide survivors: official

Xinhua 14 Dec 2018

... who were seeking healing from different areas such as traditional healers, church and health counselors, said Jean-Damascene Bizimana, Executive Secretary of the commission, at the 16th National Dialogue, locally known as "Umushyikirano," in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda....

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OffGridBox raises $1.6M to charge and hydrate rural Africa with its all-in-one installations

Crunch 13 Dec 2018

“This will help us become a major player in the energy and water markets in Rwanda while empowering women entrepreneurs, fighting biocontamination for improved health, and introducing lighting in rural homes,” said Ceccini in the press release announcing the funding....

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Kennedy Agyapong Rubbishes Medical Drones

Peace FM Online 12 Dec 2018

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is not pleased with government’s decision to use dronetechnology to deliver blood and other health supplies nationwide ... Fly Zipline launched similar service in Rwanda in 2006 to improve public health delivery in that country....

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Medical drones good, but no stakeholder engagement bad

Joy Online 12 Dec 2018

We have been learning from the success story of Rwanda in the area of the usage of medical drones to deliver emergency health service needs like blood and other emergency kits to their people in an emergency situation in the remote parts of the their country....

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Rwanda launches 5-year campaign to eradicate hepatitis C

Xinhua 11 Dec 2018

... to eliminate hepatitis C in the central African country and reducing fatalities from the virus, Rwanda intends to screen over 4 million people aged 15 and above in a period of 3 years, said Diane Gashumba, Rwandan minister of health, during the launch in the capital city Kigali....

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Experts, policymakers root for Africa's continental medicines regulatory body

Xinhua 10 Dec 2018

10 (Xinhua) -- African countries should support and advocate for a treaty establishing African Medicines Agency to safeguard health of African people, experts and policymakers said Monday in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda. African health ministers unanimously adopted the draft ......

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Reuters Health News Summary

This is Money 10 Dec 2018

Following is a summary of current health news briefs ... South Sudan health workers to get Ebola shots as Congo outbreak grows. Some 2,000 healthcare and frontline workers in South Sudan are to be offered Ebola vaccines to try to stop any importation of the viral disease from an epidemic in Congo, the World Health Organization said on Monday....

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Abu Dhabi summit to be told of threat posed by anti-vaccine conspiracy theories

The National 09 Dec 2018

Seth Berkley, chief executive of vaccines alliance GAVI, said high-tech drones are now flying vaccinations and other supplies to remote settlements in Rwanda, with the programme set to expand rapidly to other countries ... ️ the future of vaccine delivery? 💉@gavi & @Zipline are using drones in Rwanda to deliver much-needed health supplies....