{"id":36767,"date":"2018-01-11T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/who-boss-commends-rwanda-s-community-health\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:37:42","slug":"who-boss-commends-rwanda-s-community-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/who-boss-commends-rwanda-s-community-health\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO boss commends Rwanda\u2019s community health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tedros who is in the country was Thursday visiting Mayange Health Center in Bugesera District.<\/p>\n<p>His visit aimed at observing Rwanda\u2019s health programmes to population. He said that he was impressed with community health workers\u2019 role in promoting health services to Rwandan population. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cAs you know Rwanda is among countries that have committed to provide healthcare to all populations. I visited this health center, not only to observe its operations, but also to observe health workers\u2019 services, actually they do good job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tedros said that he was impressed by the Community Health Workers who are providing lifesaving services to their villages by treating malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea as well as helping communities in health promotion and disease prevention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery impressed to learn that all children are immunized in this sector and also all women deliver in the health facilities. This is a result of your hard work and dedication,\u201d he told community health workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimary health care is very important and I am glad to see the best results you are getting from it, WHO will always be on your side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister, Dr. Diane Gashumba said that they chose to visit Mayange as among model health centers in the country.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cMayange Sector covers 100% of medical insurance (Mutuelle de Sante), it is a great achievement attained with the support of Community health workers and local leaders. Reports also show us that all women deliver at health facilities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that in general, 91% of women deliver at hospitals countrywide and 93% of children are dewormed. She said in partnership with Community Health Workers, they strive hard to reach 100% cover in all services.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit in Bugesera, Tedros paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi laid to rest in Nyamata genocide memorial.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23727 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tredros.jpg\" alt=\"The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  speaks to the media\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23726 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gashumba1.jpg\" alt=\"Health Minister, Dr. Diane Gashumba speaks to the media\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23725 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/trdros1.jpg\" alt=\"The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lays a wreath to the mass graves at Nyamata Genocide memorial\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has commended Rwanda\u2019s success in access to health services programmes especially those provided  by community health workers commonly known as \u2018Abajyanama b\u2019ubuzima\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36767"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36767"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}