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Hudson Kuteesa

Rwanda is knocking on every door in a bid to end cervical cancer

Getting over the cervical cancer elimination line means both vaccinating girls and screening women. Rwanda’s corps of volunteer health workers are going door to door to get it done.

6 Nov 2025
5 min read
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HPVHealth worker heroes
A community health worker speaks with a woman about available health services in Rwanda. Tens of thousands of CHWs deliver essential care, from malaria treatment to cervical cancer prevention. Credit: RBC
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Marie Germaine Dusingize at her work at Kinyinya Health Centre. Credit: Hudson Kuteesa

Protected by Gavi vaccines a quarter century ago, two young Rwandan women fix their gaze on a safer future

30 Jun 2025
5 min read
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Routine immunisationVaccine safety
A neonatal health profession attending to a baby in a public hospital in Rwanda. Credit: Rwanda Ministry of Health.

How Rwanda is beating back hepatitis B

16 Jun 2025
5 min read
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Hepatitis
Balinda (4th from right) poses for a picture with patients and some medical staff during the launch of a support group in Rwamagana district in 2019. Credit: Jean Paul Balinda

"Then God sent Mr Balinda" – the Rwandan nurse supporting cervical cancer patients

6 Jan 2025
5 min read
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HPVHealth worker heroes
Nikuze poses for a picture with her cow. Credit: Hudson Kuteesa

Rewarding, but unremunerated: life as a Rwandan community health worker

15 Oct 2024
4 min read
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Health worker heroes
Benjamin Niyibizi standing outside Rwanda's National Electoral Commission offices earlier this year after submitting his candidature for a parliamentary seat. Credit: Benjamin Niyibizi

Far from paralysed: Rwandan polio survivors stride towards a safer future

21 Aug 2024
4 min read
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Health worker heroesPolio
 
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