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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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Feature: Kenya hopes new cervical cancer vaccine will reduce women deaths

Xinhua 18 Oct 2019

Kagonga today blamed late visit to health facility for screening for the upsurge of cases and deaths in the country. In 2018, 5,250 cervical cancer cases were reported in Kenya, 63 percent of which resulted in death, according to statistics from the ministry of health....

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How This Pastor of a Megachurch Is Fueling Ebola Conspiracy Theories

Time Magazine 18 Oct 2019

In mid-July, after the first confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease surfaced in North Kivu’s capital Goma — a city of nearly two million people bordering Rwanda and home to the Cite de Refuge — the WHO declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern ... They’re often people with no health training....

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New batch of Chinese medical team to provide healthcare in Rwanda

People Daily 16 Oct 2019

Permanent Secretary of Rwanda's Ministry of Health Jean Pierre Nyemazi speaks during a handover ceremony between the 19th and 20th Chinese medical teams at the Chinese embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, on Oct ... Permanent Secretary of Rwanda's Ministry of Health Jean Pierre Nyemazi ......

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Rwanda launches maternal, child health awareness campaign

China.dot.org 15 Oct 2019

14 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda on Monday launched a maternal and child health awareness campaign to mobilize communities to adopt healthy habits to prevent key health issues ... Rwanda has set a target of achieving universal coverage of equitable quality maternal, neonatal and child health services by 2024....

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Rwanda’s radical plan to reduce poverty by harnessing fathers’ love

Quartz 09 Oct 2019

If this seems a common family scene, in Rwanda it is not ... In Rwanda, it involved small group discussions about fatherhood, masculinity, and sexual, reproductive, and maternal health, structured around a 15-session curriculum adapted from research work done by Promundo ... A big problem is that public data on poverty and health is unreliable in Rwanda....

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Rwanda deports US pastor whose radio station had been banned

Times Union 08 Oct 2019

The New Times report said Schoof in a statement on Monday criticized Rwanda authorities for loosening restrictions on abortion and teaching about reproductive health in schools....

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Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deaths

Dispatch Argus 06 Oct 2019

... Rwanda rely upon tools developed by Bloomberg Data for Health and approved by the WHO....

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Why Closing the Congo-Rwanda Border Could Spread Ebola

The Intercept 05 Oct 2019

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar on a recent trip to the DRC and its neighbors Rwanda and Uganda ... Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda have all taken steps to halt Ebola at their borders and joined with partners to strengthen their public health systems....

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Why Nigeria must strengthen its health insurance regulations

Business Day Online 04 Oct 2019

Health insurance in Nigeria has had many challenges compared to its peers in Africa including Rwanda and South Africa ... In Rwanda, out of pocket expenses as a share of health expenditure is only 18 percent and South Africa with 54million people have covered over 9.1million people....

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Rwanda: Oxfam Rwanda Intensifies Efforts in Fighting Sexual and Gender Based Violence

All Africa 02 Oct 2019

Considering that more victims of sexual and gender based violence continue to be experienced, OXFAM in Rwanda in partnership with Rwanda Interfaith Council on Health (RICH) and Ruhango District has intensified campaigns against the vices .......

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Treating Ebola in Africa

Voa News 02 Oct 2019

Ebola again threatens to spread death through Africa’s core. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren follows US health officials to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda, leading the response to contain this latest health crisis ... Interviews include US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar; Dr ... Episode recorded October 2, 2019 ... ....

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Govt Explains Delay in Students Allowance, Promises Fixing Issue

All Africa 02 Oct 2019

Last week, students of the University of Rwanda, mainly those from the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, told The New Times complained about a delay in disbursing their monthly subsistence allowances, which they said was affecting their studies .......

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Rwanda health lessons

Business Day 01 Oct 2019

These seven countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda and Senegal, were selected because they have all performed unexpectedly well in improving childhood health relative to their economic growth ... It surveyed 140,000 people in 140 countries to find out how they felt about science and health....