While mutuelle de santé is the most used medical insurance simply because it’s cheap, it only covers basic services. More complex procedures are still only for those who can afford them.
With a growing middle class as well as wider access to information, there is an increased awareness of the importance of physical wellbeing. Yet while more and more people go to the gym or take to jogging, not everybody can afford it.
Residents in Kinazi sector, Ruhango district, will no longer have to walk long distance to get adequate health services, given that the first stone for a new, well-equipped hospital has been laid last week.
In line with the theme of this year’s World anti-Tobacco Day, the ministry of health is set to start a campaign discouraging the sale of tobacco to underage people.
Household maids have long been used as servants, a fact that allows their bosses to dominate their lives, and it is this oppression, together with their relative seclusion, that makes them more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.