NCDs Policy 2015
Non Communicable Diseases, include different types of cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases, injuries and disabilities, oral and eye diseases, among others, causes 60% of all deaths globally, 80% of which are in low and middle income countries. Global estimates suggest that 36 million deaths, or 63% of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008, were due to non-communicable diseases, comprising mainly cardiovascular diseases (48%), cancers (21%), chronic respiratory diseases (12%) and diabetes (3.5%) (1)(2). Global estimates suggest that road traffic injuries will be among top 5 leading causes of deaths globally.
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Rwanda to Host the 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference on World Malaria Day (WMD) 2024
Rwanda will host the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM Society) 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference (PAMC) from 21-27 April 2024 under the theme …
New South-South health cooperation initiative launched linking Africa and the Caribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), a new initiative to strengthen South-South health…
IRCAD Africa: A continent on the threshold of possibilities in surgical care
From October 2, 2023, Africa has begun to make its way to Kigali, Rwanda, for research and training in a variety of minimally invasive medical…
The 4x4 Reform: A Path to Quality Health Care in Rwanda
In July of 2023, the Government of Rwanda approved the 4x4 Reform, a visionary strategy aimed at quadrupling the number of healthcare workers in the…
African health ministers meet in Kigali to launch BioNTech manufacturing site
To coincide with the opening of the first BioNTech manufacturing facility in Africa - in Kigali, Rwanda - a high-level workshop was convened in…
Minister of Health gives homework to Medical Councils of Africa in Kigali
As he officially opened the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa #AMCOA2023 in Kigali, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana,…
TUNYWE LESS: Curbing the rise in alcohol consumption among the youth
The Government of Rwanda has launched a new chapter in its campaign to tackle alcohol consumption among people, especially the youth, after a recent…
Rwanda resumes Polio 2 immunization after 7 years of halt
The Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Center have on Monday, July 24, launched a comprehensive vaccination campaign to administer the second…
New Anti-drug abuse campaign launched among the youths
The Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Rwanda National Police (RNP) and other government stakeholders, have on June 8 launched an…