Where genocide, healthocide, and atrocities start, medical neutrality ends

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief The BMJ kabbasi{at}bmj.com The medical community must play a role in ending atrocities—so say editorialists Joseph Amon and Shatha Elnakib. They reflect on the Rwandan genocide, when 800 000 to a million people were...

Congo’s War Cuts Off Medicine to Hundreds of Health Facilities

Key Takeaways More than 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are short on medicines due to conflict and funding cuts Over 80% of clinics in the Kivu provinces receive no humanitarian support Shortages are leaving patients without treatment for...

Rwandan health minister among TIME100 influential figures

Why world mental health day matters for Rwanda

Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda top EAC performance in health insurance     

ARUSHA: TANZANIA, Kenya, and Rwanda have emerged as leading nations in the East African Community (EAC) in terms of the number of citizens enrolled in health insurance schemes. This development is seen as a significant step towards improving the...

More Rwandan refugees repatriated from DR Congo

KIGALI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- More Rwandan refugees returned home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), authorities said. A total of 382 Rwandans...

Red Cross Warns 90% Of Health Clinics In Conflict-ridden Eastern Congo Without Medicines

Home Africa Red Cross Warns 90% Of Health Clinics In Conflict-ridden Eastern Congo Without... Staff shortages affected 40% of facilities covered by the survey, 13% were completely nonfunctional and "many" reported consistent supply shortages...

A Broken Health System - Can Digital Health Fix It? - Brian O'Connor

Health systems worldwide are under enormous strain. The demand for services is increasing, while resources remain limited, leaving millions of citizens underserved. The question is often asked: can digital health provide a solution to this broken...

Rwanda: Don’t auction minerals Africa will soon need - Kaberuka

Rwandan mineral exporters are upbeat that the tax exemption announced by the US earlier in September on exports of minerals such as tungsten and gold, eyeing increased revenues due to the policy, even as experts warn that the move will be...

Nearly 90pc of surveyed East Congo clinics out of medicines, Red Cross says

CONGO (Reuters) - More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply chain disruptions during fighting this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on...

Go for the HPV jab, it’s safe — Health Minister rallies girls

The country, yesterday, Wednesday, October 8, started the mass administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, targeting 2.5 million girls aged between nine and 14. The nationwide vaccination will be carried out in schools, health...

ICRC Warns of Dire Medicine Shortages in DR Congo

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on Wednesday that over 80% of healthcare facilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) currently lack essential medications due to the ongoing conflict in the region. The...

Over 80% Healthcare Facilities In DR Congo Out Of Medicines Due To Conflict – Report

More than 80 percent of healthcare facilities have exhausted their supplies of essential medicines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence continues unabated, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on...

These millennials working in finance and tech were among the donors who gave over $125 million after Trump slashed foreign aid

Multiple groups launched fundraisers in February and eventually, these emergency funds mobilized more than $125 million within eight months, a sum that while not nearly enough, was more than the organizers had ever imagined possible. In those...

Nearly 90% of surveyed East Congo clinics out of medicines, Red Cross says

October 8 (Reuters) -More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply chain disruptions during fighting this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on...

President Kagame to Open MWC25 Kigali Tech Conference

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame will officially open MWC25 Kigali on October 21 at the Kigali Convention Centre, marking the third consecutive time he has inaugurated Africa’s largest connectivity event, organizers announced this week. The...

With the Rise of Wellness Tourism, Every Hotel is Becoming a Health Retreat

I’m in a private spa chamber at Maxx Royal Bodrum Resort on the Turkish Riviera, with a Balinese therapist tucking me into a Nuvola dry floatation therapy bed. With the click of a button, the bed lowers, and I float as if in water, but I'm...

Testimony, advocacy, and the public health effect of genocide

Medical community must play its part in ending atrocities In 2000, JAMA published a commentary by Willis and Levy calling for action to ensure recognition of the public health impact of genocide.1 The genocide it was reflecting on was in Rwanda,...

'Flying eye hospital' lands in Dubai: How 1973 plane turned into medical training facility

Once a dusty old cargo plane, this 1973 FedEx aircraft has been given a second life. Instead of carrying packages across continents, it now carries hope, for inside this sleek silver fuselage sits a fully functioning hospital. The Orbis Flying Eye...

WCQ: Blow for Benin as club blocks key player from joining squad against Rwanda, Nigeria

Goztepe midfielder, Junior Olaitan, will not be making the trip to Benin Republic’s World Cup qualifying game against Rwanda this weekend. The midfielder was blocked by his Turkish club from making the trip and this would be a big blow for the...