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USAID Celebrates Contributions of Rwanda Health Systems Strengthening Project

May 15, 2019
{Photo credit: MSH Rwanda}Left to right: Lisa Godwin, USAID Rwanda Health Office Director, Dr. Diane Gashumba, Rwanda's Minister of Health, Alain Joyal, RHSS Project Director, Management Sciences for Health.Photo credit: MSH Rwanda

Over the past five years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has invested in measures to strengthen and sustain Rwanda’s health sector through its Rwanda Health Systems Strengthening (RHSS) Project (2014-2019). In a ceremony at the Kigali Serena Hotel, USAID, the Ministry of Health (MoH), as well as the implementing partner, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), marked the culmination and remarkable achievements of the five-year effort to strengthen the country’s health sector.

Making C-Sections Safer: Reducing Surgical Infections in Rwanda

May 09, 2019
{Photo credit: Todd Shapera}Photo credit: Todd Shapera

Cesarean section (C-section) delivery, which is usually initiated when complications arise during pregnancy or delivery, is one of the most frequent surgeries performed at health facilities worldwide.

Removing Financial Hardship to Increase Access to and Promote Preventive Health Services

May 09, 2019
{Photo credit: Todd Shapera}Photo credit: Todd Shapera

Raissa Iradukunda and her two children live near Remera-Rukoma District Hospital, about one hour from Kigali, Rwanda. The family is covered under Rwanda’s community-based health insurance (CBHI) program, known locally as Mutuelle de Santé. “We are farmers,” she explains, “but we can afford to pay the required 3,000 Rwf [USD 3.45] per year because we know that Mutuelle de Santé has enabled us to access health care even in situations where we did not have enough money for some services.”

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