Katia Savchuk

Twenty years After Genocide, Rwanda Has Become A Model Of Inclusive Healthcare

The rapid recovery of healthcare in Rwanda since the 1994 genocide has been nothing short of historic. Life expectancy has doubled. Child mortality has fallen by more than two-thirds since 2000. In the past decade, death rates from AIDS and tuberculosis have declined at record speed. Vaccination rates for many diseases surpass those reported in […]

Katia Savchuk
By Katia Savchuk

The rapid recovery of healthcare in Rwanda since the 1994 genocide has been nothing short of historic. Life expectancy has doubled. Child mortality has fallen by more than two-thirds since 2000. In the past decade, death rates from AIDS and tuberculosis have declined at record speed. Vaccination rates for many diseases surpass those reported in the

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USAID’s Partnership With GE In Kenya Helps Health Facilities Buy High-Tech Equipment

Under the financing agreement, the medical equipment — including ultrasound and MRI machines — has to be purchased from General Electric.

Katia Savchuk
By Katia Savchuk

Health care providers in Kenya will soon have a much better shot at getting a bank loan to buy high-tech medical equipment — as long as the machines are made by General Electric. Earlier this year, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a partnership with the industrial behemoth that will make up to $10 million in credit

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