Rwanda: Inside the Rise of Specialised Labs in Rwanda's Healthcare

Rwanda: Inside the Rise of Specialised Labs in Rwanda's Healthcare

More than 20 laboratories now perform advanced molecular testing in the country.

Inside the rise of specialised labs in Rwanda’s healthcare

On a quiet weekday morning in Kigali, Marie-Chantal Byukusenge reflects on a journey that once felt uncertain, expensive and emotionally draining. Between 2019 and 2020, she travelled to India in search of a kidney transplant. At the time, her decision was far from unusual. For years, Rwandan patients in need of complex procedures had accepted that some aspects of care, especially specialised diagnostics lay beyond the country’s borders. What di…