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Category: Health

  • Imbuto Foundation Visits Beneficiaries of ‘Family Package ‘

    On 4th February 2013,Imbuto foundation with UNICEF Rwanda partners,united nation Rwanda,ZONTA International in charge of HIV/AIDS infected person,visited infected women at kacyiru police hospital in package project.

    Radegonde Ndejuru the leader of Imbuto foundation said that ZONTA International project helps a lot of infected women though international project UNICEF.

    Ndejuru said”they helped Rwanda through building Matyazo women’s hospital and Isange center which help HIV/AIDS infected women”.

    She added that 27 health centers are helped by Imbuto foundation in family package project that enables infected women to give birth to uninfected children in 5 districts including; Bugesera, Rubavu, Gatsibo, Gasabo and Huye.

    Family package gives advice and training on participation of men in family planning and jobs creation.

    The representive of ZONTA International Pauliin Auckee from Finland said that she was pleased by the steps taken forwards helping infected persons especially the advices they are given.

    The director of kacyiru police hospital,Dr. Daniel granted them a guided tour of the facility including; parental consultation service and advice for infected women and also showed them some economic activities such as hand craft art that helps infected persons not to feel hopeless but improve their standards of living.

    A mother of six children said that since she became member of family package project,she has been able to build her own house.

    Another infected woman whose husband is not infected said that she has been given advices on how to live with her husband.

    All women who discussed with IGIHE, appreciated advices and trainings they have been given because they helped them to give birth to uninfected children and also to lean hand craft jobs to develop them selves and improve their living style.

  • New Modern Public Toilets Unveiled in Remera

    Kicukiro District has built Modern Public toilets in Remera valued at Rwf 20 Million to respond to the fast growing city of Kigali which requires improved sanitation facilities especially public toilets.

    Lack of Public toilets in some parts of the city has contributed to emergence of stinking spots that contrast the clean image of the city.

    Kicukiro officials said sanitation facilities are expected to increase to avoid Health problems that may be brought about by lack of cleanliness in the district.

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  • Huye District gets new Maternity Hospital

    Imbuto foundation with UNICEF support has constructed a New Matyazo Maternity hospital that will help local women to access services needed during the delivery period.

    The Maternity facility is located in Huye District.

    Kayiranga Muzuka Eugène, the Mayor of Huye District thanked Imbuto Foundation, Ministry of Health, UNICEF, Zonta International and District for their efforts towards the improvement of Health Sector in Huye District.

    With support from the First Lady of Rwanda, the Matyazo Health Centre started providing services aimed at Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV

    Noala Skinner, the UNICEF country representative says since the introduction of those services “no child has tested positive Due to PMTCT services.”

    The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana reassures the management of Matyazo Hospital that the ministry and its partners will do their best to keep supporting them.

    Matyazo Health Centre was established in 1983 by Diocese of Butare in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and managed by ABIZERAMARIYA congregation.

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  • Mass Distribution of Mosquito nets Launched

    The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Health has launched mass distribution of mosquito nets among households that have children under the age of five years.

    Rwanda has embarked on measures to eradicate Malaria.

    The minister of Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho said although malaria was a deadly killer, it could be defeated if the public co-operated and supported government’s efforts to fight it.

    Rwanda has been recommended by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance for the efforts in accelerating and sustaining access to malaria control and treatment.

    The Country targets to eliminate malaria by 2017.

    It is expected that about one million children will receive mosquito nets.

  • Diarrhoea Kills 11 Zimbabweans

    Eleven Zimbabweans from different parts of the country succumbed to diarrhoea in the first week of this month.

    This comes when most local authorities are struggling to provide uninterrupted water

    supplies, one of the basic requirements to end diarrhoeal diseases.
    During the same period, over 8 000 people were treated of the same condition.

    Five of the deaths were reported in Harare, but Mashonaland East and Central provinces recorded the highest number of such cases.

    Residents of Harare and other towns continue to receive water a few days a week and the lucky ones at night.

    This has forced residents to resort to unprotected sources.

    Health and Child Welfare epidemiology and disease control director Dr Portia Manangazira said the rains had also worsened the situation.

    She said the likelihood of faecal matter being washed into the streams was very high, further exposing residents to waterborne diseases.

    In the cases recorded so far, children under the age of five years, the elderly and people suffering from other illnesses were most affected.

    “Intermittent water supplies have actually affected the water quality because the pipes were designed for continuous supplies.

    But now, when there is no water, inward seepage occurs and there is contamination especially where they run parallel or proxy to sewerage pipes,” said Dr Manangazira.

    She said having realised the continuous burden of diarrhoeal diseases — typhoid and dysentery included — Government in partnership with the College of Public Health Physicians met last week to find ways of ending the crisis.

    Dr Manangazira said the experts agreed to analyse the current Public Health Policy for any gaps regarding the provision of public health services and see why it was falling short.

    They agreed to rescrutinise and ensure the draft Constitution adequately addresses this situation.

    She said this would be in view of advocating the formulation and implementation of policies that promote public health.

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  • Ariel Sharon Showing Brain Activity

    A team of Israeli and U.S. scientists say new tests on comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon show significant brain activity.

    Ben-Gurion University on Sunday said Sharon responded to external stimuli at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.

    He was shown pictures of his family and listened to recordings of his son’s voice while undergoing a special brain imaging scan.

    The university said “significant brain activity was observed … indicating appropriate processing of these stimulations.”

    However, Sharon remains in a deep coma.

    Sharon, 84, led Israel from 2001 until suffering a stroke in 2006. Since then, he has been in a vegetative state, connected to a respirator.

    Sharon was a storied military officer who fought in three wars before entering politics. He unilaterally withdrew Israeli troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005.

  • Rwanda Has Trained 47,000 Health Workers

    President Paul Kagame said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum that Rwanda’s ambitious efforts to provide health workers for the remotest villages across the country has been attained, but added that more work remains.

    Speaking at the launching the ‘One Million Community Health Workers’ for Africa campaign, the President said Rwanda has “trained 47,000 health workers and today the whole country is covered”.

    “We have also used information and technology infrastructure to improve efficiency of community health workers,” said Kagame, adding: “Community health workers are something we have had experience with and we have seen the very good results.”

    President Kagame and Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez joined Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs in announcing the campaign, which will be overseen by a steering committee at the Earth Institute and will be run through the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network as part of its Solutions Initiative.

    The campaign is also supported by the UN MDG Advocates and the UN Broadband Commission, both of which are co-chaired by President Kagame.

    “We are more than happy to be part of this not only because it serves us but it serves the people of Africa,” said the President.

    “As President of Rwanda and Co-chair of the Millennium Development Goals Advocates Group and the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Development, I wholeheartedly endorse the ‘One Million Community Health Worker Campaign’ to scale up community health workers throughout Africa.”

    Rwanda is divided into 5 Provinces, 30 Districts, 416 Sectors, 2.148 Cells and 14.837 villages. The trained health workers, who are trained to provide basic help before the patients are taken to hospitals, add up to more than three on average for every village in the country.

    President Kagame said: “We have seen in Rwanda the ability of community health workers to improve public health and believe that this initiative can serve the cause of public health throughout Africa.

    This campaign will support many ongoing public-private partnerships, United Nations initiatives, and African Union efforts to meet the health Millennium Development Goals.”

    At the event today January 24, 2013, Novartis CEO Jimenez announced that Novartis will donate $1 million to support the training and development of the cadre of new health workers.

  • Agarwal’s Eye Hospital Opens in Rwanda

    An Indian investor has opened an ophthalmology clinic -Agarwal’s Eye Hospital following the 2010 call by the Rwandan government to attract Indian investors.

    Since its establishment in 2012, the clinic has treated over 2000 patients and has more than 350 experts.

    According to some of Kigali residents the clinic will reduce on long journeys travelled by patients looking for eye treatments in Southern Province of Rwanda especially at Kabgayi Hospital.

    Common eye diseases include glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, macular degeneration and conjunctivitis.

  • Cuba Admits Cholera Outbreak

    Cuba’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness’ spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government’s lack of transparency.

    The ministry said nobody had died from the latest outbreak, which began Jan. 6, and stressed that preventive measures already taken had put the disease “on the way to extinction.”

    It said cholera was first detected in the capital’s Cerro neighborhood, and then spread elsewhere.

    No other areas of the capital were mentioned, but there have been unconfirmed reports of cases in the leafy Playa neighborhood that is home to many foreign embassies.

    The island has a well-organized civil defense system capable of rapidly mobilizing government agencies and citizens groups.

    Brigades of workers go door to door, noisily fumigating homes and admonishing residents to eliminate standing water where mosquitos bearing another tropical disease, dengue, could breed.

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  • Rwanda & Rhineland-Palatinate Strengthen Health Cooperation

    The Ministry of Health through Rwanda’s embassy in Germany has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Health of the Government of Rhineland-Palatinate aimed at improving medical training and higher education of Rwandan doctors and specialists.

    This funding will last for five years.

    The signing function was attended by Rwanda’s Ambassador to Germany, Christine Nkulikiyinka, the Minister of Health of the Government of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer, the Minister of Science and Education, Doris Ahnen as well as the member of board and medical director of the University Medical Center Mainz, Prof. Norbert Pfeiffer.

    Other participants were the President of the Partnership Association and representatives of the Ministry of Interior.

    Doctors as well as medical students also participated in the event.

    Ambassador Nkulikiyinka stressed the importance of cooperation in the health sector.

    “Increasing capacity building of Rwandan doctors through medical training is our priority,”she said.

    Malu Dreyer and Prof. Pfeiffer commended the achievements of Rwanda in general and the health sector in particular.

    During a visit in Rwanda in October 2011 they met with Rwanda’s Minister of Health. They were impressed with health projects in Rwanda, especially the national medical insurance.

    According to the MoU, cooperation will consist of institutional exchanges from faculty and staff from medical institutions in Rhineland-Palatine to Rwanda.

    Under this arrangement, German doctors and specialists are expected to provide training in Rwandan institutions of higher education.

    Higher education institutions will exchange information regarding student development, strengthen bilateral exchanges and set up common research projects.