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University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) Hopital la Croix du Sud (HCS) Kacyiru Police Hospital; Muhima Hospital; Kibagabaga Hospital; Kanombe Military Hospital (also Rwanda Military Hospital) [3] King Faisal Hospital Kigali; Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital; Masaka Hospital; Nyarugenge Hospital; WIWO Specialized Hospital (http ...
List of hospitals in Rwanda; B. Butaro Hospital; K. King Faisal Hospital (Kigali) M. Masaka Hospital, Rwanda; N. Ndera Hospital; R. Rwanda Cancer Centre; U ...
Réunion List (France) Saint Helena hospital List (United Kingdom), one small 54-bed hospital [6] Ascension Island List (United Kingdom) Tristan da Cunha List (United Kingdom), no hospitals, only one doctor; Western Sahara (disputed territory, partially controlled by Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) [7] Hospital de Navarra, Tifariti [8] [9]
The University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) is a 519 bed-teaching hospital located in Kigali City, Rwanda. Founded in 1918 by Belgian colonialists, [1] [2] [3] CHUK is the first and the biggest healthcare institution in Rwanda. [4] CHUK has played a role in rebuilding Rwanda's healthcare after the genocide against Tutsi of 1994. [4]
Health insurance became mandatory for all individuals in 2008; [5] in 2010 over 90% of the population was covered. [6] In 2012, only about 4% were uninsured. [1]President Kagame made healthcare one of the priorities for the Vision 2020 development programme, [7] boosting spending on health care to 6.5% of the country's gross domestic product in 2013, [8] compared with 1.9% in 1996. [9]
The construction of the 150-bed hospital begun in December 2008 and it was opened on 24 January 2011. The hospital was originally a health center, prior to 2008. Commissioning of the completed hospital was performed by Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda. [5] Construction was completed one year earlier than scheduled.
But in recent years Rwanda has seen improvement on a number of key health indicators. Between 2005 and 2013, life expectancy increased from 55.2 to 64.0, [ 4 ] under-5 mortality decreased from 106.4 to 52.0 per 1,000 live births, [ 5 ] and incidence of tuberculosis has dropped from 101 to 69 per 100,000 people. [ 6 ]
The Ministry of Health (Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Ubuzima, [1] French: Ministère de la Santé [2]) is a government ministry of Rwanda, headquartered in Kigali. [3] As of 4 October 2024, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana is the minister who was appointed as the new Minister of Health replacing Dr. Ngamije Daniel.