Former nurse shares her story receiving care at Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda Posted on Oct 21, 2021 Diane Mukawera was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer at the age of 42. As a practicing nurse, she was aware of the disease, but a discussion with a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer is what she believes saved her life. She was among the first Read more…
All Babies Count reduced neonatal deaths by 35% in rural districts Posted on Oct 18, 2021 In Rwanda, “impinja ntizigapfe” captures a mother’s prayer—that no baby ever dies. The phrase is part of a folk song in Kinyarwanda, one of the country’s four official languages. And it inspired an innovative Read more…
Highly contagious variants continue to spread, with limited global access to vaccines Posted on Jul 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. Although some businesses have re-opened and restrictions have loosened in Canada, the United States, and Europe, a third wave of COVID-19 infections is affecting countries around the Read more…
This year’s global recognition of diabetes care has a theme – “Nurses Make the Difference” – that rings incredibly true for PIH’s growing non-communicable disease programs Gedeon Ngoga said several global factors—the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report on health inequities, and World Diabetes Day, which is Saturday—all have a common Read more…
Faster registration and better access to medical records are streamlining care at the rural hospital, and are hallmarks of PIH’s multi-country effort to improve how health data is collected, stored and used.
The Women and Girls Initiative (WGI) promotes adolescent girls’ social protection, empowerment, and leadership. Under the hospices of Partners in Health, WGI has worked to empower the most marginalized and disadvantaged adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda and Haiti through scholarships, youth resource centers, and summer leadership academies. Since Read more…
Clinicians for Partners In Health in Rwanda saved more than 100 lives with a vital referral program that enabled cancer patients to access radiotherapy when none was available in the country, a study shows. The program at a PIH-supported hospital in Rwanda’s Northern Province supported patients’ care, transportation, and housing at the Read more…
Andre Ndayambaje said the first baby he ever held was his sister’s—in a tragic setting that he will never forget. “It was during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and my sister gave birth in the forest,” Ndayambaje said. “It was raining and cold, and I didn’t Read more…
Balancing full-time academics and raising a family is hard enough. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, student mothers at the University of Global Health Equity, a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, are facing additional pressures and difficult decisions felt by families everywhere: How to continue studies while also supporting children and spouses who live far Read more…
Three hours from Kigali, atop a remote hill hugging the Ugandan border, a small kitchen is having a big impact on agriculture and sustainability in the surrounding community. The kitchen is a campus hub at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda Read more…