Burundi News News Burundi » Health: Study proposes measures to strengthen Burundi's plant health system
A CABI-led study has proposed seven key steps which should be taken to strengthen Burundi's plant health system (PHS) and in doing so help improve the country's food security and ability to tap into ...
News Burundi » Health: World Bank provides $54.6M for Burundi health system
The World Bank will provide $54.6 million to support better health care in Burundi, a bank official said on Monday in the capital Bujumbura. "This morning we signed a financing agreement of $54.6 ...
News Burundi » Health: Burundi switches on solar at five health facilities
Burundi switches on solar at five health facilities A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led initiative has installed hybrid solar-plus-storage systems at five health facilities in Burundi. A ...
News Burundi » Health: Introduction Of Performance-Based Financing In Burundi Was Associated With Improvements In Care And Quality
Several governments in low- and middle-income countries have adopted performance-based financing to increase health care use and improve the quality of health services. We evaluated the effects of ...
News Burundi » Health: Mystery illness hits Burundi with 35 cases and 5 deaths so far as authorities rule out Ebola and yellow fever
A mystery disease has led to five deaths in the East African nation of Burundi, leaving health authorities scrambling to find the cause. The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting local efforts ...
News Burundi » Health: Burundi reports 3 mpox cases, health ministry says
BUJUMBURA, July 26 (Reuters) - Burundi has reported three cases of mpox in its commercial capital and a nearby town, its health ministry said. The cases of the viral infection, two in Bujumbura, and ...
News Burundi » Health: Burundi starts vaccinating health workers against Ebola: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that Burundi had begun vaccinating frontline workers against Ebola at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of the ...
News Burundi » Health: IV. Background: Health, Poverty and Conflict
The current Burundian government under President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected in August 2005, following a decade of civil war and a long process of political transition. The dominant force in the ...
News Burundi » Health: Burundi's Free Health Care Saves Lives, Faces Fight
Burundi's Free Health Care Saves Lives, Faces FightThe chance of dying during childbirth is far higher in Africa than in industrialized nations. But for pregnant women in the tiny central African ...