The Rwanda Public Health Bulletin (RPHB) Editorial Team is pleased to announce the release of Volume 2, Issue 1 (March 2020) of the Rwanda Public Health Bulletin. The issue is dedicated to Rwanda’s approach to control and respond to COVID-19 and covers Rwanda’s preparedness strategies and management of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The content covers an overview of the outbreak in Rwanda, the role of media in managing the outbreak, an overview of preparedness strategies, and healthcare workers level of knowledge and practices related to COVID-19.

This is the third issue of the publication and provides accurate information to healthcare providers and the general population regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Rwanda.

Launched in 2019 by the Rwanda Ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Centre in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation and with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, RPHB is a printed and open access peer reviewed journal published as the flagship scientific and technical periodical publication. 

Content published under RPHB is used to control and address potential public health outbreak threats and strengthen health systems through real time information.

The full issue is available for download at https://rwandapublichealthbulletin.org/issues/current

For more information, please visit the website www.rwandapublichealthbulletin.org