Minister of Health, Dr. Nsanzimana Sabin, officially opened a syringe factory that is capable of producing millions of syringes per day. This factory will supply syringes in the country and neighboring countries.
This factory is located in Mwulire economic zone in Rwamagana district and it was officialy opened on 1st April 3, 2025. It was constructed by the chinese and have started with 110 employees of whom 80% are women.
“Igihe.com wrote that, according to the Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, this factory is a solution to the for all african countries where syringes were a problem.” “He said that the first needles made by this factory were currently bought by UNICEF for neighbouring countries of Burundi, DRC Mozambique etc.”
He added on that lack of medical needles was a general problem in Africa because all medical needles were always imported from abroard though they were not even sufficient. This factory will solve this problem because it is capable of producing between 600 000 and 1000 000 needles per day.
There are other Several more recent improvements in the Rwandan health sector
Despite of the above significant improvement, the Rwandan healthcare sector has made several improvements in recent years in recent years including;
The increased Healthcare Workforce: The 4×4 Reform, approved in July 2023, aims to quadruple the existing number of healthcare professionals within four years to meet WHO recommendations.
There is also expanded Access to Health Facilities where the Ministry of Health has established 21 new health posts with upgraded services, with plans to scale up the program throughout the country. The goal is to reduce the average walking time to healthcare facilities from 47 minutes to 24 minutes. Here we can even mention the Community Health Worker (CHW) Program which is actively used to bring services closer to communities and empower them.
The Expanded Access to Health Facilities and Community Health Worker (CHW) Program has even contributed to Improved Maternal Health where Maternal mortality rates have been declining, and access to maternal health services has been improve.
Rwanda’s current use of AI in supply chain management and drone delivery and spray of mosquito habitats.
Nejc Pahor, a researcher among them, and the Rwanda Cancer Center, which is employing targeted radiation therapy, was one of the more high-tech health care efforts.
In the field of Disease Prevention and Control, Rwanda has achieved progress in the prevention and control of diseases such as Malaria and tuberculosis with interventions like using Drones to spray mosquito breeding sites, strengthening laboratory services.
Emphasis on Essential Health Services – Ministry of Health is also placing high priority on essential health services – reproductive health, maternal and child health and prevention and control of infectious diseases.
National Strategy for Health Professionals: Rwanda has a national strategy for health professions development in order to ensure all the health professionals are qualified.
Therefore Rwandans and neighbors will benefit from this best health sector. The dream of Rwanda is to become a health tourism sector in Africa and the world. When you look back from where the country was in the past 30years, impossible is nothing to this Rwanda.
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