Category: Health

 Rwanda: Un projet de recherche cherche à lutter contre les maladies mentales dans les écoles

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Des chercheurs de l’Université du Rwanda, en collaboration avec l’Université d’Aarhus au Danemark, ont lancé le projet Cross-Mind. Ce programme de recherche vise à aborder et à réduire les problèmes de santé mentale dans les écoles primaires et secondaires du Rwanda. Selon l’Enquête sur la santé mentale au Rwanda, 2023, environ un adolescent sur dix à travers le pays est confronté à un problème de santé mentale. L’étude montre également que les Rwandais âgés de 14 à 25 ans souffrent de troubles psychologiques tels que la dépression, l’anxiété et les…

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Indwara zitandura si izo gucyerensa, zikomeje guhitana benshi

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Muri iyi minsi haravugwa cyane indwara zitandura, ariko igitangaje iyo habayeho kwigira hirya y’Umujyi wa Kigali, aho benshi bita mu cyaro usanga bakubwira ko batazizi, abandi ntibatinye gutangaza ko umuntu arwara cyangwa agapfa umunsi wageze. Ariko nubwo bimeze bitya ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko mu Rwanda 44% by’abapfa bazira indwara zitandura, mu bajya kwivuza muri bo 51,8% ni abafite indwara zitandura. Ibi byatumye ikinyamakuru umuringanews.com kinyarukira mu karere ka Nyaruguru, mu mirenge inyuranye, hagaragara ko abaturage ubumenyi bafite ku ndwara zitandura ari ntabwo. Mukankusi Beatrice umukecuru w’imyaka 59, wo mu mudugudu wa…

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Five additional hospitals to start offering chemotherapy

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Five new hospitals are expected to begin offering chemotherapy to cancer patients. Currently, the service is only available at select hospitals such as the Rwanda Cancer Centre in Butaro, the Rwanda Military Hospital (RMH) and King Faisal Hospital. Speaking at an international cancer conference held in Kigali from March 28-29, Dr Fredrick Kateera, the Deputy Executive Director of Partners in Health, a not-for-profit organisation supporting the government in cancer care, announced plans to expand oral chemotherapy services to five additional hospitals. “For patients who need oral chemotherapy and don’t need…

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Rwanda vaccination history

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Rwanda vaccination program have started in 1978 and EPI in Rwanda became operational in 1980, and before 2002 Rwanda used to give vaccine of 6 different diseases (BCG, OPV, TT, DPT, measles Vaccine). EPI is compromised in 3 principals: Routine vaccination: fix and outreach program, Supplemental Immunization activities, Surveillance for EPI targeted diseases. Worldwide in order to have a vaccination program is not cheap and for some countries it is still an issues to get their citizens vaccinated. To have vaccination program you need 2 important things: -Vaccine   -Capacity: Infrastructure…

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Kuguvugurura imikorere y’amavuriro y’ibanze inyungu ku baturarwanda

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Leta yashyize imbaraga mu kwegereza abaturage ubuvuzi bw’ibanze hagamijwe kwirinda kuba barembera mu nzira biturutse ku rugendo rurerure bajya kwivuza, dore ko hari n’abo byajyaga biviramo urupfu, abandi bakishyura amafaranga y’umurengera mu mavuriro yigenga. Minisiteri y’Ubuzima ivuga ko nyuma yo gushyiraho amavuriro y’ibanze, umubare w’abaturage bayagana urushaho kuzamuka. ibi byagabanyije umubare w’abivurizaga ku bigo nderabuzima ndetse n’abavurwaga n’abajyanama b’ubuzima. Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe ibikorwa by’ubuvuzi muri Minisiteri y’Ubuzima Dr Ntihabose Corneille avuga ko mu mavuriro y’ibanze harimo adakora n’andi adakora iminsi yose. Mu mabwiriza mashya hakaba hari ibyahinduwe kugira ngo ayo mavuriro…

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Antenatal depression: Why pregnant women need support

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Antenatal depression, also known as depression during pregnancy, is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition for women. Symptoms may include sadness, sleep problems, fatigue, appetite changes, irritability, and difficulty concentrating. Worldwide, about 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of women who have just given birth experience a mental disorder, primarily depression. In developing countries, this is even higher, for example, 15.6 per cent during pregnancy and 19.8 per cent after childbirth. In severe cases, mothers’ suffering might be so severe that they may even commit suicide, according to…

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Le cancer du col de l’utérus c’est quoi ?

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Le cancer du col de l’uterus est provoqué par des virus appelés papillomavirus humains (HPV). Ces virus présents sur les tissus et les muqueuses se transmettent le plus souvent lors de rapports sexuels, avec ou sans pénétration. Il s’agit de l’infection sexuellement transmissible (IST) la plus fréquente. La plupart des hommes et des femmes seront infectés par ce virus au cours de leur vie. Le préservatif ne permet pas de s’en protéger complètement.  Dans environ 90 % des situations, l’infection à HPV disparaît spontanément dans les deux ans. Mais il arrive…

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“Hepatite” indwara zibasira umwijima izivugana benshi ku isi nta gikozwe

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Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye rishinzwe kwita ku Buzima, OMS ryatangaje ko bizagera mu 2040 umubare w’impfu ziterwa n’indwara ya Hepatite wararenze uw’iziterwa na Sida, Igituntu na Malaria byose hamwe. Mu makuru OMS iheruka gushyira hanze yagaragaje ko ubwoko butandukanye bwa Hepatite buri mwaka bwica abagera kuri miliyoni hirya no hino ku Isi. Umuyobozi Mukuru wa OMS, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus yavuze ko uretse kuba iyi ndwara yica buri mwaka hari n’umubare munini w’abatuye Isi babana nayo. Ati “Miliyoni z’abantu hirya no hino ku Isi zibana na Hepatite zitabizi nubwo uyu munsi aribwo…

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Imyumvire yo kugendera kure yatiza umurindi SIDA ikomeje kwica abatari bake ku isi

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Kwandura virusi itera SIDA kuri ubu ntibikiri nk’uko byari mu myaka 20 ishize, ariko ntibibujije ko SIDA ikiri ikibazo gikomeye gihangayikishije isi. Ku rwego rw’isi abasaga miliyoni 38,4 bafite virusi itera SIDA, muri bo miliyoni 36,7 ni abantu bakuru naho miliyoni 1,7 ni abana bari munsi y’imyaka 15, mu gihe 54% by’abafite virusi itera SIDA ari abagore n’abangavu, abenshi ni abo muri Afurika y’ubutayu bwa Sahara aho u Rwanda ruherereye. Ubushakashatsi bwakusanyije ibitekerezo by’inzobere ku bijyanye n’impamvu abantu barushaho kumva nabi iby’ubwandu bwa virusi SIDA kugeza aho iki cyorezo cyararika…

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Elevating midwifery: A transformative journey to reach zero preventable maternal deaths in Rwanda

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Rwanda has undergone a remarkable journey in tackling maternal mortality rates (MMR) over the past decade. From an alarming 1,071 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010, the country managed to accelerate reduction reaching 210 in 2015. but in recent years the decline has been slower with MMR standing at 203 per 100,000 live births in 2020, showing a limited decline of only seven data points over five years. With Rwanda currently operating at a ratio of one skilled health professional per 1,000 people, below the WHO recommended minimum…

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