Rwanda

Key messages for primary care practitioners

If the patient is new to the UK explain to them how the NHS operates and discuss how this compares to the healthcare system they've been used to.
Screen all new entrants (including children) from this country for TB.
All patients from this country should be offered and recommended an HIV test.
Sexually active individuals should be offered a full sexual health screen and safer sex health promotion advice.
This country has an intermediate prevalence of hepatitis B. Consider screening for hepatitis B, particularly among those who have recently arrived.
This country has a considerably higher prevalence of hepatitis C than the UK. Consider screening for hepatitis C.
There is a high risk of malaria in this country.
Ensure all patients are up to date with the UK immunisation schedule.
There is a high risk of anaemia in people from this country. Be alert to this possibility in recently arrived migrants, particularly for women and pre-school children, and test as clinically indicated.
Consider vitamin D deficiency in individuals who may be at risk as a result of their diet, skin colour or lack of sun exposure.

Map courtesy of
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

For a summary of key health indicators and health care please see

WHO Rwanda [external link]

For background information on the country, its government and its people please see

BBC Rwanda [external link]

and

Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)

At the time of the 2001 Census there were over 2,000 people from this country living in the UK.

*Source: World Factbook