Overview
The Maternity and Neonatology Unit at Ruhengeri Level Two Teaching Hospital (RL2TH) is a specialized clinical service dedicated to the comprehensive care of pregnant women, mothers, and newborns. The unit plays a critical role in promoting safe motherhood, reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, and ensuring the best possible outcomes for both mother and child through high-quality obstetric and neonatal care.
The maternity service focuses on the full continuum of maternal care, including antenatal care, labor and delivery, postnatal care, and management of obstetric complications. Pregnant women are monitored throughout pregnancy to ensure early detection and management of risk factors such as hypertension, anemia, infections, and other pregnancy-related conditions. During labor, skilled healthcare professionals provide safe delivery services, including normal vaginal delivery and emergency obstetric interventions when necessary, with the aim of ensuring safe childbirth and minimizing complications.
The neonatology component is dedicated to the care of newborns, particularly those requiring specialized medical attention after birth. This includes the management of premature babies, low birth weight infants, newborn infections, birth asphyxia, and other neonatal conditions. The unit ensures immediate newborn assessment at birth, essential newborn care, resuscitation when needed, and ongoing monitoring to support healthy growth and survival during the critical early stages of life.
The unit is staffed by qualified obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and neonatal care providers who work collaboratively to deliver patient-centered and compassionate care. Care is organized in a structured manner that includes assessment, diagnosis, clinical management, and follow-up, ensuring continuity of care for both mother and newborn. Strong teamwork between maternity and neonatology services is essential in managing high-risk deliveries and improving survival outcomes.
The Maternity and Neonatology Unit is equipped with essential medical equipment and facilities that support safe childbirth and newborn care, including delivery rooms, neonatal care units, and monitoring equipment. Strict infection prevention and control measures are applied to ensure a safe environment for mothers and babies. The unit continuously works to improve service quality through staff training, adherence to clinical guidelines, and implementation of best practices in maternal and neonatal health.
As part of a teaching hospital, the unit also contributes to the training of medical students, interns, midwives, and other healthcare professionals by providing hands-on clinical experience in obstetric and neonatal care. In addition, it participates in community outreach programs aimed at promoting antenatal attendance, skilled birth delivery, postnatal care, and newborn health education.
Through its commitment to excellence, professionalism, and compassionate care, the Maternity and Neonatology Unit at RL2TH strives to ensure safe pregnancies, healthy deliveries, and improved survival and well-being of newborns, thereby contributing significantly to the health of families and the wider community.
Department Leadership and Specialists
Dr. Aime Bernice MUNEZERO
Medical Doctor
aimebernice.munezero@rrh.gov.rw
+2507
Immacule NTANEZA
Chieftain
immacule.ntaneza@rrh.gov.rw
+250788890648