Midwives are playing an increasingly important role in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Women’s Lives across the world. In Rwanda, Midwives are on frontline in Health care providing various Maternal and Newborn Health services from Health centers to referral hospital including private and public health settings. We approached midwives in various leadership position to …

My motto in life is “A live baby for a live mother” A story of young Midwife Virgile Xavier Niyitanga , a registered midwife working at Kigufi Health Center in Rubavu District Read More »

“Service before profit, profession before advantage, and public welfare above all” M.PATRICK, RM RRH/Rwanda When I enrolled at the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, everyone was given a chance to choose three departments by which one of them would be selected for him/her. The way I clung to midwifery pushed me …

What to be a midwife looks like? My journey into midwifery school and ultimately to becoming a midwife. Read More »

“I am a midwife on purpose and with purpose. I am a midwife because I believe caring for women is the most important work in the world right now.” A portrait of a Rwandan Midwife Josephine Murekezi is a senior midwife working at King Faisal hospital Kigali. She wears different hats, she is an educator, …

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