Stigma keeps people away from care. Centering key populations means services designed with them, not just for them. Proud of this work.
#EndStigma#KeyPopulations
Putting Communities First: Transforming HIV and SRHR Through Partnership in Rwanda
Rwanda’s HIV response is a global reference point, having reached remarkable milestones with adult targets now standing at 96-98-98. However, national averages can sometimes hide the people the system still misses.
In this compelling article, we highlight the impactful power of collaboration and partnership between the @RwandaNGOForum and @UNAIDSRwanda in putting key and priority populations, including FSW, MSM, transgender people, PWID/PWUD, people with disabilities, and AGYW, at the center of the HIV and SRHR response through Community-Led Monitoring (CLM), data-driven advocacy, and policy transformation.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/Lx4IsHu3ot
How can we better leverage community-led monitoring (CLM) and SRHR initiatives to reach the last mile and ensure no one is left behind in our health responses? Share your thoughts in the comments below and keep the conversation going.
#LetCommunityLead #EndAIDS2030 #KeyPopulations #HealthyAdolescentRw #HealthEquity
@RwandaHealth@RBCRwanda@nsanzimanasabin@JNdayizigiye@UNAIDS@WHORwanda@BrianChirombo@CMuvunyi@UNAIDS_ESA@RichardAmenyah@AndrewGasoziNtw@Knooliet@J_Umuhire@HDIRwanda@ImroRwanda@Sfrwanda1@FXBRwanda@TuyishimeAlbert@Rwanda_CCM@mwanaimable@DMbituyumuremyi@aflodiskagaba
WORLD CONTRACEPTION DAY
On this World Contraception Day, every woman and girl deserves:
📍Accurate information.
📍Contraceptive options.
📍Quality services.
📍Freedom from coercion.
📍Respect for their choices.
Hence, a world where every pregnancy is desired.
@GlobalFundWomen
Putting Communities First: Transforming HIV and SRHR Through Partnership in Rwanda
Rwanda’s HIV response is a global reference point, having reached remarkable milestones with adult targets now standing at 96-98-98. However, national averages can sometimes hide the people the system still misses.
In this compelling article, we highlight the impactful power of collaboration and partnership between the @RwandaNGOForum and @UNAIDSRwanda in putting key and priority populations, including FSW, MSM, transgender people, PWID/PWUD, people with disabilities, and AGYW, at the center of the HIV and SRHR response through Community-Led Monitoring (CLM), data-driven advocacy, and policy transformation.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/Lx4IsHu3ot
How can we better leverage community-led monitoring (CLM) and SRHR initiatives to reach the last mile and ensure no one is left behind in our health responses? Share your thoughts in the comments below and keep the conversation going.
#LetCommunityLead #EndAIDS2030 #KeyPopulations #HealthyAdolescentRw #HealthEquity
@RwandaHealth@RBCRwanda@nsanzimanasabin@JNdayizigiye@UNAIDS@WHORwanda@BrianChirombo@CMuvunyi@UNAIDS_ESA@RichardAmenyah@AndrewGasoziNtw@Knooliet@J_Umuhire@HDIRwanda@ImroRwanda@Sfrwanda1@FXBRwanda@TuyishimeAlbert@Rwanda_CCM@mwanaimable@DMbituyumuremyi@aflodiskagaba
KNOWLEDGE SAVES.
Accurate SRHR information helps people to:
• understand their bodies
• prevent unintended pregnancy
• protect against STIs
• seek care early
• make informed decisions
The right to health includes the right to know.
@GlobalFundWomen#SRHIsARight
Today, we begin a journey towards World Contraception Day and International Safe Abortion Day.
We’ll explore SRHR, contraception, bodily autonomy, choices and access to quality healthcare, meaning, having all we need to make informed decisions.
@GlobalFundWomen#SRHIsARight
📌 WORLD SEXUAL HEALTH DAY 2026
Rwanda has made important progress in advancing sexual and reproductive health, from expanding family-planning services, lowering adolescent age of consent and youth-friendly care to strengthening sexuality education, improving maternal health outcomes and placing SRHR higher on the national agenda. Our policies and strategies demonstrate a clear commitment to improving access to quality SRHR services.
But progress must not become complacency.
Too many adolescents and young people still face stigma, misinformation, judgment and financial or geographic barriers when seeking SRHR information and services. Teenage pregnancy remains a concern, while gaps in access to family planning and other essential SRHR services continue to affect those who are most underserved.
This #WorldSexualHealthDay , we recognize how far Rwanda has come, but we also call for the work that remains.
We call on health institutions, policymakers and development partners to move beyond policies and programmes on paper and ensure that services are accessible, affordable, confidential, inclusive, youth-friendly and responsive to people’s real needs. We need comprehensive sexuality education, reliable SRHR commodities, stronger protection from sexual violence and coercion, as well as services that uphold bodily autonomy, informed choice and dignity.
Every body deserves sexual health. Every body deserves dignity. Every body deserves rights.
#WorldSexualHealthDayRw #SRHR4EveryBodyRw
🚨#HappeningNow
The First National Dialogue on NCDs: From Commitments to Delivery
Today, as the world closes out the Global Week for Action on NCDs 2026 (31 August – 4 September), @RwandaNGOForum is joining National #NCD Communities as Rwanda convenes its First National Dialogue on #NCDs, hosted by @RwandaNCDAlliance in collaboration with @RBC_Rwanda.
This national dialogue is themed "Leadership in Focus — From Commitments to Delivery: Advancing Multi-Sectoral Accountability and Sustainable Financing for NCDs in Rwanda."
This convening has brought together Government and public health institutions, @WHORwanda and development partners, fellow civil society organizations, journalists across national broadcast and digital media, academic and clinical institutions, and, at the center of it all, People Living with #NCDs, whose lived experience is not a side note but a leadership voice at the table.
The dialogue aims to turn political declarations into funded, measurable, insured action by embedding #NCD, mental health, and #HIV care into primary health care (#PHC) and Universal Health Coverage (#UHC) benefit packages, and closing the catastrophic out-of-pocket gap that pushes families into poverty.
@RwandaNGOForum is proud to stand alongside the National #NCD community in this fight. #NCDs and #HIV are not separate battles for the people living with both. Integration on paper and in discussions must become integration in the clinic and in the Community-Based Health Insurance (#CBHI) package, ensuring equitable access and people-centred care.
Financing conversations like this one also feed directly into Rwanda's delegation ahead of the 3rd International Dialogue on Sustainable Financing (#IFD3). This is not a one-day event; it's a checkpoint on a longer accountability road.
Leadership shows up in the budget line, not just the declaration. Grateful to be part of a room where that distinction is finally being made explicit. #LeadOnNCDs #ActOnNCDs #GW4ARwanda
Communities are proving that sustainable health solutions start locally. Read how Rwanda is making meaningful strides toward NTD elimination.
#EndNTDsRw#NeglectNoMoreRw
🚨📖 Before You Scroll… Read the Stories Changing Rwanda’s Health Future.
What if the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) isn’t being won only in hospitals, but also in villages, schools, wetlands, and by ordinary people doing extraordinary things?
Discover how communities across Rwanda are leading the fight against NTDs, transforming lives and accelerating the country’s journey toward the 2030 elimination target. From community-led interventions and innovative solutions to inspiring stories of resilience, partnership, and local leadership, this edition showcases how collective action is driving real, measurable impact.
Whether you’re a policymaker, health professional, development partner, student, or community advocate, you’ll find valuable insights into what works, and why empowering communities remains essential to building a healthier Rwanda.
📢Read it. Share it. Be inspired. Together, let’s ensure no one is left behind in the fight against NTDs.
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https://t.co/JjVDVWeELk
#NeglectNoMoreRw
#EndNTDsRw
📢 DID YOU KNOW?
The new NGO Law recognizes the importance of collaboration and collective action among civil society organizations. Article 22 of Law No. 058/2024 provides a legal framework for the establishment of Umbrella Organizations and Forums of Umbrellas, creating stronger platforms for coordination, advocacy, representation, and partnership within the NGO sector.
Under the law, NGOs carrying out related activities may come together to establish an umbrella organization, while umbrella organizations themselves may establish forums of umbrellas to further strengthen cooperation and collective engagement. To obtain legal personality, an umbrella organization must be composed of at least ten organizations and, like any other legal entity, must obtain its own Certificate of Legal Personality.
The law also promotes effective representation while ensuring balanced participation by providing that a National NGO may belong to a maximum of three umbrella organizations. These provisions are intended to strengthen coordination, reduce fragmentation, amplify the collective voice of civil society, and enhance the contribution of NGOs to Rwanda’s development.
📚 Collaboration is not just a strategy, it is recognized and supported by law.
#KnowYourLawRw
#RwandaNGOsLaw2024
#ComplianceMattersRw
@RwandaLocalGov@GovernanceRw@RwandaParliamnt@Rwanda_Justice@RwandaOmbudsman@CivilSocietyRW@NINGORwanda@Imbuto@SCIRwanda@asdo_rwanda@Sfrwanda1@NARwanda@RWN_WomenNet@soscvrwanda@actionaidrwanda@NUDOR_Rw@uphls@ReseauP29968@ReseauFemmesRw@GlobalFundWomen