Wellness Update: Africa: Rwanda to Lead Region Health Labs Networking

allAfrica.com: East Africa: Rwanda to Lead Region Health Labs Networking: "Dr Daniel Ngamije, the Global Fund and World Bank project management unit coordinator said countries will provide leadership at the regional level by leading working groups in key technical areas where each country has a comparative advantage.

Rwanda will take the lead in determining the applicability of the performance- based financing approach to public health laboratories, document and share lessons.

Rwanda's Ministry of Health is planning to invest approximately $32million in e-health to support development of ICT mechanisms for its healthcare system including hospital management information systems, telemedicine and community based information systems across the country.

It has also been selected as a centre of excellence for MDR-TB for the Africa region by the Dutch TB Foundation (KNCV) and will also share lessons in this area."