Rwanda joined SUN in December 2011. Since then, the country has introduced a community for health workers, to reduce the four top killers – malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia, and malnutrition – diseases key to fight maternal and child mortality. 98 per cent of Rwandans are now covered by the community-based health insurance programme focused on local ownership of the country’s future, and the ‘one cow per family’ programme has increased household income and the consumption of milk – leading to reductions in extreme poverty and malnutrition in rural areas.
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