INTRODUCTION Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been a global concern for a long time and even more nowadays. While a number of publications are almost unanimous that Rwanda is not far from UHC, very few have focused on its financial sustainability and on its extreme external financial dependency. The objectives of this study are: (i) To assess Rwanda UHC based mainly on Community-Based Health...

Even though Rwanda lies within a region that has a high prevalence of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, epidemiological information regarding these infections in the country remains scarce. The present review attempts to compile the available data on schistosomiasis and STHs, from 1940 to 2014, to provide an insight on the epidemiological profile of these infection...

PROBLEM Although it is highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the most common and most deadly cancer among women in Rwanda. APPROACH By mobilizing a diverse coalition of partnerships, Rwanda became the first country in Africa to develop and implement a national strategic plan for cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment. LOCAL SETTING Rwanda - a small, landlocked na...

Conjoined twins are not a usual anomaly seen at birth and certainly people may have different or wrong beliefs about this malformation especially when seen for the first time. In this article, we review some important cases of conjoined twins in the history and we present a very rare case of parapagus united twins after an overview of literature. We will end up with a short discussion and concl...

[One of trickiest issues in Rwanda has always been linked to hydrogeological risk. To make the scenario even more complicated, it is lack integrated knowledge different disciplines that are related landslide phenomena. In this context, Erasmus+ EnRHEd project organized a Summer School entitled “Landslides and Slope Stability Analysis Rwanda” addressed Civil Engineers Geologists, as well Technic...

Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues describe how Rwanda achieved country ownership of its HIV programs.

Introduction The 1994 genocide in Rwanda has spawned a vast literature, as scholars and policy-makers alike try to explain and to make sense of what happened. What has tended to receive less attention, however, is the complex and multi-layered conflict resolution process that preceded the genocide. It is this process – which culminated in the signing of the Arusha Accords on 4 August 1993 – tha...

BACKGROUND Nationally, health in Rwanda has been improving since 2000, with considerable improvement since 2005. Despite improvements, rural areas continue to lag behind urban sectors with regard to key health outcomes. Partners In Health (PIH) has been supporting the Rwanda Ministry of Health (MOH) in two rural districts in Rwanda since 2005. Since 2009, the MOH and PIH have spearheaded a heal...

this paper comments on the principles that informed rwanda’s successful efforts to adapt its health system to population needs, and more specifically to reduce health inequities. the point is made that these may be universally applicable for countries as they deal with the challenges of post-2015 health agenda.

AIM The objective of the present study was to determine whether or not maternal metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy in women without previous diabetes is associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS A total of 508 women from the Rhea study-involving a pregnant cohort in Crete, Greece (2007-2009)-with singleton pregnancies were included in the present analy...