India demonstrates high political leadership for preventing antimicrobial resistance
By Shobha Shukla Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the top 10 global health threats—and is also a threat to food…
Ruhango: Storytelling Initiative Launched to Combat Bilharzia
By Nshimiyimana François On Thursday, 18 December 2025, Rwanda NGOs Forum, in partnership with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), The…
Ruhango: Project launched using stories and games to fight Bilharzia
By Francois Nshimiyimana In Ruhango District, on Thursday, the Rwanda NGOs Forum, in collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC),…
The “put people first” mantra drives the WHO task force to save the medicines that protect us.
By Shobha Shukla The United Nations’ apex health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), had announced the establishment of its…
Corruption undermines Rwanda’s nutrition programs for women and children
By Annonciata Byukusenge Every morning at 5 a.m, 26-year-old Umwiza leaves her small home in Karama, a remote rural village…
From shadow to light: Supporting unhoused persons to access lifesaving TB services
By Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant The risk of getting TB disease is among the highest in unhoused and other marginalised…
Tobacco-free and nicotine-free future is a bedrock to deliver on #EndTB and SDGs
By Shobha Shukla According to the latest WHO Global TB Report 2025, released a week ago, tobacco smoking is among…
Hardly any decline since 2000 in violence against women and girls is unacceptable.
By Shobha Shukla It is unacceptable that despite violence against women being the most persistent and under-addressed human rights violation…
Lifebox named action for women’s health awardee to strengthen surgical safety for women
By Lourdes Walusala Lifebox, the global non-profit making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, has been announced as one of 80+…
Zimbabwe and Cambodia are getting a return on investment by addressing AMR
By Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant The right to health is a fundamental human right. There is no doubt that everyone…