The Promise of Butaro District Hospital: Key Facility Meets Growing Demand, Need for Expansion

In 2011, Butaro District Hospital opened in Rwanda’s Burera District—one of two remaining districts without such a facility—thanks to strong partnership among Inshuti Mu Buzima, as Partners In Health is known locally, the Rwandan government, and the surrounding community. The 150-bed facility provides thousands of people access to primary care and specialized services, such as oncology.

Over the past decade, Inshuti Mu Buzima leaders have seen growing demand for the hospital’s quality care and the need to expand. That expansion, which begins in December, will increase available services and resources, improve training for clinicians, and provide a hands-on learning environment for medical students enrolled at PIH-supported University of Global Health Equity, located across the valley from the hospital campus.