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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Rwanda


Country Typology: High disease risk, high intervention/policy environment

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 9.3 [3.7-21.2] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 1106 [754, 1504] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 2%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: 0.30%
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 294.86 [191.76, 418.81]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 4.88 [3.12, 7.05]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 982.5 [895.8, 1077] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 368.1 mg/day 6

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 7

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.5 - 2 g/day of calcium for pregnant women at hight risk for preeclampsia before 20 weeks of gestation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 Preterm Births - Lancet Estimates
Ohuma EO, Moller A-B, Bradley E, et al. National, regional, and global. estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet 2023; 402: 1261–71.

2 Preterm Births - GBD Estimates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 7/23/2025). For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

3 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence
Mutabazi, L., Bazzett-Matabele, L., Small, M.J., et al. (2019). Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia in Kigali, Rwanda [28P]. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 133, 178S.

4 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 9/16/2024).

5 Bone Fractures
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/. (Accessed 7/18/2025).

6 Apparent Calcium Intake
Updated for 2022 based on: Lividini, K., Masters, W.A. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nat Food 3, 703–715 (2022).

7 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Ministry of Health. RWANDA STANDARD TREATMENT GUIDELINES. Obstetrics and gynecology. Volume 4. Published online 2022. Accessed September 10, 2024. https://www.moh.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=92532&token=120d505a2bde2f59bc904686fc2e51fc599e9f66