Four local projects have won grants worth more than Rwf100 million in Corona Action Rwanda, an initiative designed to prop up solutions for cushioning Covid-19 impact on the Rwandan population.
In response to Covid-19, The Ihangane Project has come up with a solution by providing Community Health Workers and nurses with an updated E-Heza, a patient-centered data system for acute illness screening, diagnosis, treatment and care management.
Although the system existed before Covid-19, its need was amplified by the global pandemic restraining easy mobility and pausing financial constraints to patients and healthcare providers.
"The Corona Action Rwanda is timely in accelerating the implementation of solutions that will save many lives during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond," said Yves Iradukunda, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, adding that the awarded projects will make an impact on Rwanda and beyond.
Under this initiative, other 13 Rwandan organisations have offered to support 30 projects that did not win the grant but proved their potential to weather the unprecedented disruptions caused by Covid-19.
