Top 7 Grace Igiraneza Quotes

I needed more training to lead that service. It is my obligation to give back what I have been given.

Most insurance don’t cover this, leaving health authorities with only one campaign; how do I prevent myself from kidney disease?, when is the right time to go for check-up?, this is what we are going to focus on mainly.”

While the treatment of kidney disease is expensive, out of reach for many patients and requires a lot of resources especially renal replacement therapy, prevention remains the major weapon we can use to fight chronic kidney disease.

Even when a patient is on dialysis, they don’t have a lot of options, they will need to visit a treatment centre at least three times a week. For that service alone, you need over Rwf85,000.”

Treatment for these diseases is expensive not just in Rwanda but across the world. You will need more than Rwf25 million for a kidney transplant, and this is a very high amount.”

I am grateful for the partnership between Yale and the University of Rwanda and the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali and the global health program at Yale,”Through them I have been able to come here and learn. When I go back I will be able to help Rwandans and offer a standard of care in nephrology.”

When Yale came on board it became easier for residents to learn because we had more physicians. You need a mentor who is there day to day to help train you in clinical reasoning and see how you examine patients.”