Rwanda is one of the best places to have a baby

In 2003 Rwanda established a Community-Based Health Insurance system known as Mutuelles de Sante, covering the costs for the indigent population and vulnerable groups. More than 92 percent of the population has health insurance.

The health scheme came at a time when many district had dilapidated public health infrastructure with some districts having no hospital at all. And by 2013, public hospitals had about 600 physicians, 451 midwives and 160 medical specialists.

Back at Nyamata hospital, new mother Musabende is all smiles. “I was afraid of losing my baby,” she says, while codling her baby boy.

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