{"id":37965,"date":"2018-08-08T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/american-philanthropist-gates-hails-rwanda-health\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T18:35:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:35:54","slug":"american-philanthropist-gates-hails-rwanda-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/american-philanthropist-gates-hails-rwanda-health\/","title":{"rendered":"American philanthropist Gates hails Rwanda health sector recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gates made the remarks in a note he shared Wednesday. He says that after the 1994 genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi, Rwanda\u2019s economy and health system were in ruins.<\/p>\n

He said that many of the country\u2019s doctors and health workers had been killed or fled, fewer than one in four children were vaccinated, a cholera epidemic swept through refugee camps.<\/p>\n

Gates said that Rwanda had the world\u2019s highest child mortality rate and the shortest life expectancy and the country\u2019s future seemed miserable.<\/p>\n

However, the World\u2019s second tycoon and philanthropist in health and welfare services says that the situation has changed to the extent Rwanda became global reference.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, Rwanda is a stunning global health success story\u2014one I often cite when I\u2019m asked about examples of health and development progress. More than 97 percent of infants are vaccinated. Rates of child mortality, maternal mortality, and deaths from tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria have all plummeted. Its health system has become a model for other nations to follow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said that many people contributed in making such dramatic turnaround possible from government leaders to health workers to the people of Rwanda themselves. <\/p>\n

Among key contributors Gates mentioned include, former Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho.
\n\u201cAs a physician, leader of Rwanda\u2019s HIV program, and later minister of health, Dr. Binagwaho has spent the last two decades playing a hands-on role rebuilding the country\u2019s health care system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transformation of Rwanda\u2019s health system has its roots in a very simple, but powerful idea promoted by Dr. Binagwaho and the government of Rwanda. It\u2019s the belief that health is a human right for all\u2014no matter their income, ethnic group, or where they call home,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

While much more work needs to be done to continue to strengthen health care, Gates says that Rwanda\u2019s progress has been remarkable that the country\u2019s health system has managed to achieve so much progress on a limited budget compared to other poor countries is often called a \u201cmiracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates supports different health services programmes in Rwanda through his Foundation \u2018Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\u2019.<\/p>\n

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