{{United States of America permanent representative to the UN Suzan Rice has said that she was very much impressed by steps taken in Rwanda\u2019s health sector.}}<\/p>\n
The USA envoy who is in the country has just toured different departments of the Masaka Health center to witness and get first hand information about Rwanda\u2019s progress in the sector.<\/p>\n
As she said while addressing health center employees and different guests at the center, Rice will get back home after visiting different sectors including Education, Agriculture and health sectors to know their performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very much impressed by steps taken and the progress made in health sector in Rwanda, I have also gone to other countries in the region, what you are doing hear is very special,\u201d Rice said while addressing Masaka Health Center staff after touring the center.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks for the very important work you do. It is most impressive good work. Thank you for the work,\u201d Rice wrote in the visitors\u2019 book. <\/p>\n
Theodosiya Mukarwego a community health worker who explained to rice how they have intervened in health development said that they have been guiding manual to refer to whenever they are trying to help children and their mothers in fighting HIV\/AIDS and Malaria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have received several trainings that equip us to help patients that come to us, we have hotline cell phones where they can get whether finding us home or here at the health center,\u201d Mukarwego said while explaining how she does her work to the US envoy.<\/p>\n
Marie-Goreth Nyirabahutu the head of Masaka Health center said that Rice\u2019s visit was instrumental since the health center is funded by her government through Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF).<\/p>\n
Nyirabahutu said that the health center deals with all health cases with much emphasis on HIV\/AIDS testing, giving of anti-retroviral drugs, prevention of Mother-to-child HIV transmission and malaria.<\/p>\n
The foundation (EGPAF) has supported this year\u2019s health center budget mounting Rwf 35 million, according to Nyirabahutu.<\/p>\n
She said that she has observed tremendous decline in malaria in the area surrounding the health center due to different strategies and policies in place to cub the disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreviously we used to receive between 500-1000 but starting last year number of malaria cases begun to decrease whereby we only received 5 cases last month,\u201d Nyirabahutu said in a separate interview with igihe.com.<\/p>\n
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