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A trial conducted across 56 health centres in Burera, Kamonyi and Gakenke districts has found that the Pediatric Development Clinic (PDC) and Baby Ubuntu programme improved the quality of life of families caring for children at risk of developmental disabilities.
• The study involved 1,472 children, including 567 with identified disabilities. Among families receiving the programme, 72% reported improved quality of life, compared with 52.1% receiving enhanced usual care.
• Caregivers in the programme were about 50% less likely to experience psychological distress, while suicidal thoughts among caregivers declined by 50%.
• However, the trial found no measurable difference between the groups in children’s developmental scores or nutritional status during the assessment period.
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• The study involved 1,472 children, including 567 with identified disabilities. Among families receiving the programme, 72% reported improved quality of life, compared with 52.1% receiving enhanced usual care.
• Caregivers in the programme were about 50% less likely to experience psychological distress, while suicidal thoughts among caregivers declined by 50%.
• However, the trial found no measurable difference between the groups in children’s developmental scores or nutritional status during the assessment period.
Read more: newtimes.co.rw/article/40379/…
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
• As local government elections approach, aspiring district leaders in Ngoma, Rusizi, Kayonza, and Kamonyi have outlined their priorities for the next five years.
• In Ngoma, incumbent Mayor Nathalie Niyonagira is pledging to expand healthcare, education, and clean water access, including establishing health posts in all 64 administrative cells.
• In Rusizi, Mayor Phanuel Sindayiheba wants to attract investors, support agro-processing industries, expand cross-border trade and develop tourism.
• In Kayonza, candidate Denis Iyamuremye is prioritising youth employment, entrepreneurship, digital innovation, agriculture and more responsive local governance.
newtimes.co.rw/article/40373/…
• As local government elections approach, aspiring district leaders in Ngoma, Rusizi, Kayonza, and Kamonyi have outlined their priorities for the next five years.
• In Ngoma, incumbent Mayor Nathalie Niyonagira is pledging to expand healthcare, education, and clean water access, including establishing health posts in all 64 administrative cells.
• In Rusizi, Mayor Phanuel Sindayiheba wants to attract investors, support agro-processing industries, expand cross-border trade and develop tourism.
• In Kayonza, candidate Denis Iyamuremye is prioritising youth employment, entrepreneurship, digital innovation, agriculture and more responsive local governance.
newtimes.co.rw/article/40373/…
www.newtimes.co.rw What aspiring district leaders are promising residents From incumbents seeking another term to new contenders making their first bid, aspiring district leaders are outlining what they intend to deliver for residents over the next... 𝐌𝐏𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐆𝐁 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
• Lawmakers have challenged the #Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) to demonstrate how its recommendations translate into improvements, questioning why challenges identified in successive assessments remain unresolved.
• The concerns were raised on Wednesday, as RGB Chief Executive Officer Doris Uwicyeza Picard presented the board’s 2025–2026 annual report to Parliament.
• MPs pointed to the 2026 Citizen Report Card, which showed that satisfaction with service delivery declined in 15 of the 16 categories assessed. Overall satisfaction fell to 73.8%, from 76.7% in 2025, based on responses from 11,095 people.
• Agriculture recorded the biggest decline, dropping 8.6 percentage points to 62%, followed by health, which fell 7.5 points to 64.9%. Social protection was the only category to register an improvement.
• Picard acknowledged challenges in following up on recommendations, particularly those requiring coordination between multiple institutions.
Read more: newtimes.co.rw/article/40381/…
• Lawmakers have challenged the #Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) to demonstrate how its recommendations translate into improvements, questioning why challenges identified in successive assessments remain unresolved.
• The concerns were raised on Wednesday, as RGB Chief Executive Officer Doris Uwicyeza Picard presented the board’s 2025–2026 annual report to Parliament.
• MPs pointed to the 2026 Citizen Report Card, which showed that satisfaction with service delivery declined in 15 of the 16 categories assessed. Overall satisfaction fell to 73.8%, from 76.7% in 2025, based on responses from 11,095 people.
• Agriculture recorded the biggest decline, dropping 8.6 percentage points to 62%, followed by health, which fell 7.5 points to 64.9%. Social protection was the only category to register an improvement.
• Picard acknowledged challenges in following up on recommendations, particularly those requiring coordination between multiple institutions.
Read more: newtimes.co.rw/article/40381/…
𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚
“There is a quiet geography that binds our two nations, and very few people ever notice it. Rwanda stands across one of Africa’s great continental watersheds. Rain falling on its eastern hills follows the Nile system towards the Mediterranean. On the western side of the divide, water gathers in Lake Kivu, flows through the Rusizi River into Lake Tanganyika, and continues through the Lukuga and Lualaba rivers into the immense Congo River system, which reaches the Atlantic Ocean along Angola’s northern frontier.”
“Yet geography is only the beginning of our connection. Beyond the rivers that link our lands, Angola and Rwanda share a deeper understanding of what it means to confront history and rebuild. Angola emerged from colonial rule only to endure a long civil war, which ended in 2002. Rwanda lived through the unspeakable darkness of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Our histories are distinct and cannot be equated. But both nations know that the future must be made, not merely awaited.”
✍🏿: Alfredo Dombe
newtimes.co.rw/article/40371/…
“There is a quiet geography that binds our two nations, and very few people ever notice it. Rwanda stands across one of Africa’s great continental watersheds. Rain falling on its eastern hills follows the Nile system towards the Mediterranean. On the western side of the divide, water gathers in Lake Kivu, flows through the Rusizi River into Lake Tanganyika, and continues through the Lukuga and Lualaba rivers into the immense Congo River system, which reaches the Atlantic Ocean along Angola’s northern frontier.”
“Yet geography is only the beginning of our connection. Beyond the rivers that link our lands, Angola and Rwanda share a deeper understanding of what it means to confront history and rebuild. Angola emerged from colonial rule only to endure a long civil war, which ended in 2002. Rwanda lived through the unspeakable darkness of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Our histories are distinct and cannot be equated. But both nations know that the future must be made, not merely awaited.”
✍🏿: Alfredo Dombe
newtimes.co.rw/article/40371/…
www.newtimes.co.rw Where the rain meets the sea There is a quiet geography that binds our two nations, and very few people ever notice it. Rwanda stands across one of Africa’s great continental watersheds. Rain falling on its...