RWANDA: Maternal and child health on the right track

RWANDA: Maternal and child health on the right track

In a region with some of the world’s worst indicators for maternal and child mortality, Rwanda is working hard to ensure mothers and their children have access to life-saving medical interventions.

“I applaud the government of Rwanda for its efforts to ensure that you and your children have the same vaccines as children in developed countries,” Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and chair of the GAVI Alliance board, said at the launch of the fifth national mother and child health week in the northern district of Gicumbi on 29 November.

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