It was early in the pandemic when Aline Umutesi and her colleagues realised that the Rwandan government’s guidelines were not reaching girls and young women in rural areas. “They had no idea what ...

Kigali, Rwanda, January 31, 2020 – The Ministry of Health reminded Rwanda citizens to be more vigilant on preventing novel coronavirus following the World Health Organization’s declaration addressing ...

Kigali, 30 June 2021 - Since mid-June, Rwanda has been experiencing a spike in the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases each day. To support the country in facing the new wave, UN Agencies under the ...

Rwanda has introduced robots as part of its fight against coronavirus. With 314 confirmed cases of the virus as of May 22, the East African country has enlisted the help of five anti-epidemic robots ...

In Rwanda, we are working with government, which leads the coronavirus response, to ensure that people forced to flee are included in preparation and response plans. This document consists of a ...

Gashora, RWANDA – On 10 March, Samira Aman, an Ethiopian refugee living in Rwanda, became one of the first refugees in the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. "I feel so privileged,” said Samira, ...

French rescue team carry a patient on a stretcher from Mulhouse hospital before being loaded into a helicopter as France faces an aggressive progression of the coronavirus, March 23, 2020. [Reuters] ...

KIGALI, April 27 (Reuters) - Rwanda's economy will probably only grow by around 3.5% this year, undercut by the effects of the coronavirus, and the government is in talks with lenders to postpone debt ...

Kigali, 27 January, 2021 - The European Commission has provided EUR 1 million to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to support the Ministry of Agriculture in Rwanda to enhance ...

#TeamEurope (EU and Member States) welcomes the announcement by Gavi on the first delivery of vaccines via the COVAX facility. Rwanda will receive a first 1.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in ...

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the East African nation from Mumbai on March 8, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. He had no ...

Every country has approached COVID-19 through a different cultural lens. Dr. Louis describes how cooperation and mutual support have shaped Rwanda's response. Elizabeth Farrah Louis, Ph.D., is a ...