KIGALI, Rwanda — For most people living in rural Africa, the first point of contact for health care is with community health workers. Serving as the link between structured health facilities and communities, these workers provide a range of essential health services from prenatal consultations to malaria screenings. For more than 40 years, community health workers, […]
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With cries for a universal health coverage echoing at the Africa Health International Conference in Kigali, there are lessons that India could take back home. Aisha Mukamana holds her one-year-old daughter close as she waits for her turn in the vaccination room at the Kabusunzu health centre, eight miles away from her home in Kigali, […]
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With cries for universal health coverage echoing at the Africa Health International Conference in Kigali, there are lessons that India could take back home. Aisha Mukamana holds her one-year-old daughter close to her as she waits for her turn in the vaccination room at the Kabusunzu health centre, 15 km from her home in the […]
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A digital health service in Rwanda enables patients in remote areas to consult experienced doctors over phone A morning buzz gathers momentum in a well-lit office on the sixth floor of a building in downtown Kigali. A mission statement, hanging at the entrance, explains the hum, “…To put an accessible and affordable health service in […]
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KIGALI, Rwanda — Achieving universal health coverage remains a challenge in Africa, where customized, quality, and affordable essential health services that meet local demands and reach vulnerable populations often remains an option for a limited few. On Tuesday, as the second biennial Africa Health Agenda International Conference kicked off in the rainy hills of Kigali, Rwanda, some […]
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NAIROBI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Kenya should tap into innovations from the youth to revitalize progress towards attainment of universal health coverage, campaigners said on Wednesday. Githinji Gitahi, chief executive officer of Amref Health Africa, said that inclusion of youth in strategic areas like grassroots advocacy is key to realizing universal health coverage that is […]