This 2013 HIV report covers the two thematic areas which are Prevention (HTC, PMTCT) and Treatment care and support (ART, HIV and TB co infection).

This is a national strategic framework for the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive. It was developed to strengthen and accelerate the effort to eliminate HIV transmission to children and improve the survival of mothers for the period of four year.

This document provides guidelines to improve the quantity and quality of staff involved in TB control and reduce the combined TB patient default and transfer out rates.

The government of Rwanda has among its goals, to achieve education for all and to improve health status for the population. The National School Health Strategic Plan contains strategies and frameworks necessary to achieve the above-mentioned goals. It identifies the roles schools can play in ensuring the safety and promotion of children’s health. It contains areas of specialization and issues that need to be addressed to facilitate the beneficial connection between education and the health condition of schoolchildren.

Nutrition is a key element enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals of the UN. The events of the 90s left Rwandans in a poor nutritional situation. Various government interventions like the community based nutritional scheme have done little to alleviate the dire situation. Issues of maternal and child malnutrition are still rampant and consequently contributing significantly to the high morbidity and mortality rate in Rwanda. This policy highlights the government’s renewed vigour towards holistically tackling the issue of malnutrition through the enactment of effective guiding principles, strategies, and implementation guidelines for effective nutrition interventions.

Technological advancements have been directed at handling human resources challenges. This strategy recognizes the current gap in health sector targets with regards to the health workers-inhabitants ratio. This policy document aims to provide guidelines towards planning, monitoring, and coordination of human resources in the health sector.

This health package for schools focuses on complimenting existing government efforts geared at ensuring general well-being in the school environment. It contains the minimum requirements to ensure school environments are healthy and conducive, for schoolchildren, teachers, parents, and other members of staff.

The government of Rwanda through its ministry of health acknowledges the important role effectively conducted research plays in ensuring the sustainability of knowledge-based policies and strategies. Knowledge-based policies ensure maximum benefit is achieved from the implementation of such policies. This policy, therefore, defines the scope of health sector research and the guidelines to ensure research are carried out in a coordinated manner. It provides solutions to challenges inherent in health sector research.

The government of Rwanda has prioritized FP and ASRH to drive its vision for poverty reduction and improved socioeconomic conditions. This plan is aligned with other important government policies including visions 2020 and 2050, EDPRS III, HSSP IV, and the SDGs. It hopes to serve as a guide, outlining strategic directions towards FP and ASRH to improve well-being. The strategic plan highlights the renewal of the ministry’s resolve to deepen commitment levels to the importance of FP and ARSH. It specifies the need to involve men and youths to ensure greater efforts and coverage of the FP programs.

“These guidelines were compiled by the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Medicines Evaluation and Registration (MER) of the East African Community Medicine Regulatory Harmonization (EAC MRH) project. They relied on the registration requirements of their countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Medicines for Human Use (ICH). The guidelines were developed to provide direction to the ministry of health in managing applications for registration of human pharmaceutical products in Rwanda”

Cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, injuries and disabilities, oral, eye, and kidney diseases and other non-communicable diseases contribute significantly to mortality and morbidity rate. This policy will be integrated into existing health programs and will contribute towards the achievement of the targets in the MDGs, EDPRS II, and the vision 2020. This policy aims to address challenges faced in combatting NCDs as they epidemiologically transition from infectious to chronic in Rwanda.

Mainly based on the health sector policy, this policy is also closely related to the health financing policy of 2010 which guides the sourcing of finances for health sector programs. The plan recognizes the steady progress of these policies and plans. It hopes to drive the sustainability of these policies and explore new ways of financing the health sector to further drive the government’s vision for universal health coverage.

The government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Health has identified family planning as one of its national priorities for the health sector. This is motivated by the need to achieve drastic poverty reduction and improved socioeconomic conditions. This plan recognizes the significant improvement that has been recorded in the usage of modern contraceptives by the citizenry. However, it also calls for a renewed effort to ensure the EDPRS target of 70% contraceptive usage is attained by 2016. This strategic plan, therefore, seeks to deepen commitment levels to the importance of family planning. It places much importance on training and re-training the relevant stakeholders that will drive this goal.

The importance of building government policies, strategies, guidelines, and plans on detailed and well carried out research has been emphasized by the government of Rwanda. Consequently, the ministry of health has developed this guideline to serve as a tool for researchers aiming to carry out health research in Rwanda. These guidelines seek to ensure a smooth process for researchers by clarifying the process, expectations, and benefits of doing research in Rwanda.

The need to ensure the protection of the health sector information and communication is enshrined in the ICT policy. This policy aims to educate all stakeholders in the health sector on the need to ensure the process of collection, processing, and storage of health sector data are done securely. Other security issues highlighted include confidentiality, integrity, availability, and non-repudiation of data.

The overall objective of this policy is to increase the access to quality health services provided in public health facilities and retain highly skilled health professionals (medical doctors and dental surgeons) in the public sector.

The overall goal of the National Strategy for Health Professions Development (2030) is to contribute to a substantial increase in the availability and coverage of high-quality services across Rwanda by improving the availability of a qualified, competent and equitably distributed health workforce.

This strategic plan on community health builds on the national community health policy of 2009 and is aligned with other important policies including; the EDPRS and the HSSP III. It attempts to learn from the challenges faced and the experiences garnered by previous interventions that were driven towards addressing the limited access to primary health care (PHC) in Rwanda.

Medical emergencies are inevitable, even in the most developed countries. The Government of Rwanda however realizes the underdeveloped nature of its emergency system which contributes in no small measure to mortality rates in the country. The clinical guidelines recognize the poor way healthcare handlers manage emergencies. The guidelines contained in this document is therefore relevant to incoming and existing healthcare practitioners in Rwanda. It points out the basic concepts required to effectively handle and manage emergency medical situations in Rwanda.