How Rwanda Is Beating Back Hepatitis B
Making sure all at-risk children can access the vaccine is proving to be the key to a steeply falling prevalence of the chronic infection. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
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Cure Blindness Project Volunteer Wins Humanitarian Award
Long-time Cure Blindness Project volunteer ophthalmologist Dr. Sam Cady received the 2024 Alumni Humanitarian Award at Upstate Medical University (Norton College of Medicine) as part of their September alumni celebrations.
“Then God sent Mr Balinda” – the Rwandan Nurse Supporting Cervical Cancer Patients
For patients, getting through cancer treatment is a trial. One nurse’s efforts to provide both material and emotional support has made a major difference. From VaccinesWork.
Professor Agnes Binagwaho Receives Humanitarian Award from International Gynecologic Cancer Society
Professor Binagwaho’s remarkable journey in the field of global health began when she returned to Rwanda in 1996, just two years after the devastating 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
Nurses Play a Major Role in Eliminating Hepatitis in Rwanda
Rwanda is on track to reach its own target of achieving elimination of hepatitis C by 2024, surpassing the WHO’s 2030 target deadline.