The world’s ongoing challenge is coronavirus (COVID-19). So, in brief, we will talk about the origin of this virus, how it emerged and its mode of transmission not forgetting about the preventive measures to take into consideration for better results and safety. Well, one of the reasons why I am Read more…
On Thursday, April 2, 2020, medical students from the University of Rwanda satisfied their curiosity about the medical curriculum. MEDSAR through SCOME (Standing Committee on Medical Education), organized an online session titled “Know medical curriculum” whose objectives were to explain the medical curriculum at the University of Rwanda. It gathered Read more…
World cancer day is an international day marked on 4th February annually to raise awareness about cancer and encourage its prevention, detection as well as it’s treatment. WCD 2020 theme is ‘I am and I will’ which is an empowering call to action urging for personal commitment to fight against Read more…
Author: MUGISHA Innocent On Friday 14th 2020 when the world was celebrating Valentine’s Day with their lovely ones, Medical students from University of Rwanda were advocating for people upon having a healthy sexual life with their partners. Basing on the Medical students’ understanding of the negative Read more…
SCORA is the standing committee on sexual and reproductive health and rights including HIV and AIDS. SCORA is one out of the six standing committees in IFMSA and MEDSAR as well, furthermore SCORA is among the most active standing committees in MEDSAR. As part of inducting new medical students in Read more…
Dear Members as from the IFMSA structure which works on the local and national levels mainly via its six standing committees, each of them focusing focus on major health topics and medical student-related interests: Public Health (SCOPH) Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS (SCORA) Medical Education (SCOME) Human Rights & Read more…
In starting of new academic year in University of Rwanda school of medicine and pharmacy under medical student of Rwanda usually we welcome new young fresher joining the association ready to serve and working for MEDSAR .as such this incredible event occur each year annually since our arrival. This academic Read more…
Research is critical to ensure effective health care and innovation in the health sector. And over the last twenty-two years, Rwanda health sector has gained praise from local and development partners for its continuous reduction of maternal and infant death rates, malaria, new HIV infection and mother to child HIV Read more…
As the title says, this was an outreach organized by University of Rwanda in collaboration with Medical Students’ Association of Rwanda(MEDSAR) and Nursing and Midwifery Students Association of Rwanda. (NMSAR). The outreach was for screening the population in Huye district and the districts around on Non communicable diseases (NCDs) and Read more…
World Malaria day is one of the international days that are celebrated by WHO. It is in this same line that we, as Medical Students’ Association of Rwanda, organized a community outreach in southern province of Rwanda about Malaria. The outreach took place in a secondary school, Groupe Scolaire Officiel Read more…