Health in Rwanda

The UN estimates that between 250,000 and 500,000 rapes were committed in 1994 during the Rwanda genocide. Of the women who survived these attacks 70% are estimated to have been infected with HIV. Most reportedly still suffer from severe trauma and have little hope of receiving adequate medical care or compensation.

Research conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Byumba District Hospital, Rwanda, demonstrated that even in areas of low transmission pregnant women have an enhanced risk of malaria.