Rwanda News

The New York Times covers an innovative new program for clinicians

In Rwanda, Partners In Health, Harvard Medical School, and the Rwandan health ministry offer a unique class for the country's physicians. More ›

Mental health services transform life for orphaned teenager

Mental health and social support services connect orphaned Rwandan teenager with food, school, and hope More ›

New Study: �Obstructed Labor and Caesarean Delivery: The Cost and Benefit of Surgical Intervention�

Of the 273,000 women who die in childbirth each year, nearly all could be saved with access to C-sections. More ›

TOMS Gives Shoes with Partners In Health

In Haiti, Lesotho, Malawi, and Rwanda, tens of thousands of children receive shoes through an exciting partnership. More ›

Dana Farber’s Lawrence Shulman announces a partnership to fight cancer in Rwanda

"By joining forces, we can offer cancer patients of all ages a chance at life," says Dr. Shulman. More ›

Study examines how mental health disorders are related to HIV status

In Rwanda, a new study aims to help improve mental health and counseling services for children and families. More ›

Remembering Congressman Donald Payne

PIH's team in Rwanda bids adieu to a social justice leader. More ›

Troubleshooting training challenges in Haiti and Rwanda

A training specialist travels from Rwanda to Haiti to foster a cross-site collaboration. More ›

An electric year in northern Rwanda

Thousands of patients served during Butaro Hospital's first year. Facility shows health care can be provided at a world-class level, even in poor, remote communities. More ›

Launching a new scholarship program for girls in Rwanda

The Women and Girls Initiative Scholarship Program sends 41 young women and girls back to school in rural Rwanda. More ›

Bringing family planning to villages in Rwanda

Recent trainings give health workers new tools to bring family planning services to their communities. More ›

New shoes for a new year

In 2011, thousands of children received new TOMS shoes. Plans for 2012 shoe distributions in the works. More ›

Rwanda Study: Community-Based HIV Program Yields High Success Rates

A new study finds that community health workers raised HIV drug adherence rates to some of the highest in the world. More ›

“Chasing mice” with Private

In Rwanda, PIH helps a young genocide survivor overcome poverty and his past. More ›

Growing program �twins� Rwandan physicians with Boston-based oncologists

Program initiated by PIH�s Sara Stulac is credited for improving outcomes for children with lymphoma. More ›

PIH agriculture program aims to curb malnutrition In Rwanda

While 45% of children in Rwanda are chronically malnourished, PIH�s program is making small strides. More ›

PIH gives new TOMS Shoes to school children in Rwanda

In November, PIH staff distributed new TOMS Shoes to thousands of school children in Rwanda�s southern Kayonza and Kirehe Districts. More ›

Preventing �stupid deaths� in poor countries around the world

In a Washington Post op-ed, PIH co-founder Paul Farmer describes "how we can save millions of lives." More ›

Q & A with PIH’s new mental health fellows

In Haiti and Rwanda, our Pagenel Fellows care for those in need, train future health workers. More ›

Sunday school science

New initiative provides tutoring to primary school students in rural Rwanda. More ›