Yvan Butera

Minister of State @RwandaHealth

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

Minister @nsanzimanasabin and Minister @MusoniPaula hosted @BillGates at Rwanda’s National Health Intelligence Center (NHIC) to showcase how centralized, real-time data is transforming healthcare delivery across the country.

Since its launch, NHIC has unified national health data to shift public policy from reactive to proactive—delivering concrete impact across the entire care continuum by:

⏱️ Reducing patient wait times at health facilities;

🚑 Streamlining emergency dispatch and ambulance response times;

🛡️ Elevating disease surveillance and containment;

🎯 Optimizing targeted resource allocation.

Looking ahead, partnership with the @GatesFoundation will enable NHIC to scale its operations—expanding capabilities toward predictive health intelligence to anticipate outbreaks, issue intelligent early-warning alerts, and prevent health threats before they escalate.

By leveraging modern technologies and consolidating national health data, Rwanda continues to strengthen its ability to deliver high-quality, efficient, and responsive care for all.

[Visit Rwanda @visitrwanda_now]

The Land of a Thousand Hills meets the City of a Thousand Trades.

A new journey begins with @AVFCOfficial.

We can't wait to welcome Aston Villa fans to Rwanda.

#VisitRwanda

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce Visit Rwanda as the club’s Principal Partner, Official Tourism Partner and Official Coffee Provider. 🤝

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

This morning, Ministers @YvanButera and @AKajangwe met with hospitality businesses, food service providers and event organizers to strengthen food safety across the sector.
The engagement focused on enhancing standards, strengthening collaboration, and promoting shared responsibility to safeguard public health.

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

Sisitemu y'abakozi bo mu rwego rw'ubuzima mu Rwanda (Health Workforce Management System - HWMS) ihuriza hamwe serivisi zirimo kwiga, gutanga impushya zo gukora umwuga w'ubuvuzi, gusaba akazi, amahugurwa yo gukomeza kongera ubumenyi (CPD), ndetse n'iterambere ry'umwuga, byose bikaboneka ahantu hamwe.
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Rwanda's Health Workforce Management System, brings together training, licensing, employment, CPD, and career services for health professionals in one place.
https://t.co/Cs2q4zBQiR

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“We want to harness the good of AI through industry, through policy making, and making sure that really we get the results. That is the most important thing.” President Kagame | #AIforGood Global Summit 2026

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“Today, connectivity is no longer the end goal. We are now transitioning to the era of data-driven growth. Artificial intelligence is the common denominator that will redefine healthcare, education and energy, among many other sectors. As a commission, our mission is to ensure this transformation does not widen existing divisions.

The task ahead of us is urgent, but we will face challenges. The objective isn’t just to have a conversation. It is to ensure everything we agree to do, gets translated into tangible and practical outcomes.” President Kagame

President Kagame joined fellow Co-Chair Marc Benioff and Vice-Chair Doreen Bogdan-Martin for a fireside chat marking the launch of the AI for Good Global Commission. He then chaired the Commission’s inaugural meeting alongside Marc Benioff and Doreen Bogdan-Martin.

The high-level initiative brings together 44 commissioners to identify practical ways to harness artificial intelligence to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“Artificial intelligence has the power to transform lives and strengthen economies. Africa is well-positioned to contribute to the digital economy. By 2050, our continent will have the largest, fastest-growing workforce in the world. There are many success stories about what our young people are doing on the continent with artificial intelligence. We have to invest in them. It will be a win-win for everyone. The bottom line, is that for A.I. to serve humanity as a whole, we must get it right in Africa and everywhere else.” President Kagame | #AIforGood Global Summit 2026

[Yvan Butera @YvanButera]

Thirty-two years ago, Rwanda stood at one of history’s lowest points. Today, these numbers show what hope, unity, resilience, and long-term vision can achieve.

We honor those who fell during the struggle, and our greatest tribute is to keep building a stronger 🇷🇼

#Kwibohora32

[Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning @RwandaFinance]

As we celebrate #Kwibohora32, we honor our heroes and renew our commitment to building a resilient economy and a prosperous Rwanda for generations to come.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“We went through a very dark chapter. But is that who we were meant to be? Is that what Rwandans wanted for themselves? Even if some people at the time wanted it that way, our responsibility today is to say: no. It is our history, but it is not who we should have been, and it is not who we should become.

That is what liberation means. It means that, as Rwandans, we freed ourselves.

You live for what you truly believe in, to the point where, if necessary, you are ready to die for it. That is where Rwanda stands today, whether some people like it or not.” President Kagame | Unity Club Meeting.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“Do we really accept that, as black people, we are somehow less human and inferior?

Accepting it is not simply a matter of saying “yes.” No one will ask you that question directly. You can even say “no,” but if you behave in the very ways that brought us to the kind of history we have lived through, then, in reality, you have accepted it. You have diminished yourself. And your actions become the evidence. The evidence is in doing the very things that others did, or in trying to justify them with explanations that should never be accepted.

There are no two ways about it. Good politics and a good ideology produce positive outcomes. Bad outcomes come from bad ideas. You do not need any other evidence.

Many of you are still young. You go abroad to study. Under normal circumstances, there is nothing they know that you cannot also learn. But you can come back having absorbed ideas without questions, ideas that take you away from who you are and try to turn you into something else, something that is not yours.

Whether those ideas are good or bad, there is one illness I do not think we will cure anytime soon: when, in your own mind, you stop being yourself and begin wishing you were somebody else. Why would you want to become someone else? To achieve what? In our own history, with everything we have been through, that is exactly how we lost our way.

And then you wait for someone from outside to tell you, “This is wrong,” and you immediately agree, without realizing that what is being condemned is you. It is about stripping you of your identity, and you willingly accepting it.” President Kagame | Unity Club Meeting.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame received a delegation of constitutional experts from the East African Community (EAC), together with officials from the EAC Secretariat led by Andrea Ariik Aguer, EAC Deputy Secretary-General. Discussions focused on the ongoing work towards the East African Political Confederation, including progress on drafting its Constitution and on the next steps to advance the region’s integration agenda.

[First Lady of Rwanda @FirstLadyRwanda]

Video: Nyakubahwa Madamu Jeannette Kagame ubwo yitabiraga Ihuriro ry’Urubyiruko ryagarutse ku kubaka umuryango ushoboye kandi utekanye, hihutishwa Ibikorwa byo gukumira no kurandura inda ziterwa abangavu.

#AgaciroKanjye

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

Umunyamabanga wa Leta @YvanButera yasuye Ibitaro by’Amaso bya Bishenyi, kimwe mu bigo by’ingenzi mu Rwanda bitanga ubuvuzi bw’amaso bwihariye ndetse n’amahugurwa y’abaganga.

Bitewe n’umubare munini w’abarwayi byakira ndetse n’ibikorwa byo kubaga amaso birenga 9,000 buri mwaka, ibi bitaro bihugurirwamo abaganga mu buvuzi bw’amaso, aho bahabwa ubumenyi n’ubuhanga, ari na ko byita ku mubare munini w’abakeneye serivisi z’ubuvuzi bw’amaso.

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Minister of State @YvanButera visited Rwanda Charity Eye Hospital in Bishenyi, a key center for specialized eye care and training in Rwanda.

With its high patient volume and more than 9,000 eye surgeries performed annually, the hospital is one of Rwanda’s leading training sites for ophthalmology residency, offering hands-on experience and specialist mentorship, while delivering eye care at scale. The Minister also met with doctors training to become eye specialists — to discuss their education and training.

[First Lady of Rwanda @FirstLadyRwanda]

Earlier today, First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame and Chairperson of @Imbuto, attended a youth forum bringing together young people, parents, leaders, and partners to advance action on youth empowerment, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and the prevention of teenage pregnancy in Rwanda.

The forum was organized by Imbuto Foundation in partnership with @RwandaGender, @RwandaHealth, @UNFPARwanda, @cooperation_lu and @RwandaNGOForum.

Photos: https://t.co/KyhI6WxKnT

#ImbutoEngages
#AgaciroKanjye

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

Today, Minister of State @YvanButera joined the Director General of the African Medicines Agency, Dr. Delese Mimi Darko, and members of the diplomatic corps in Rwanda for a discussion on advancing Africa’s health sovereignty through universal ratification of AMA.

In his address, he reaffirmed Rwanda’s commitment to stronger continental health institutions and regulatory cooperation to expand access to quality, safe and effective medical products for all.

[Yvan Butera @YvanButera]

Why are younger generations getting cancer earlier?

⚠️Accelerated biological aging is a factor: more sitting, ultra processed foods, obesity & poor sleep.

✅Move more and enjoy ☀️, eat whole foods 🥗, sleep well 😴

Small habits improve long-term health. https://t.co/RDhrm2yOpt

[Yvan Butera @YvanButera]

100 transplants. Lives renewed. Expertise built.

A strong foundation for the future of transplantation in Rwanda.

Our appreciation to the many teams & partners behind this milestone. We are also grateful to Prof. Jeffrey Punch @UMich for his steadfast support from the outset.

[Yvan Butera @YvanButera]

Rwanda’s story shows nations aren’t defined by their darkest chapters, but by what they build afterward.

What the world sees reflects resilience, leadership, and efforts of Rwandans & partners.

Proud of how far we have come, focused on the journey ahead. https://t.co/uZ83paY8gw

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

With Rwanda still at zero cases of Ebola Virus Disease, we remain committed to preparedness. Our success is grounded in partnerships—within institutions, across borders, and mainly through the support and trust of Rwandan citizens and residents.

#Highlight