Geographical Locations - Burundi

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 16,667
• CIA World Factbook : Burundi

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Burundi
  - WHO - Tobacco Control: Country Profile - Burundi
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Burundi
  - WHO - Malaria Country Profile - Burundi
• WHO AFRO The WHO Regional Office for Africa is located in Brazzaville, Congo
• UNHCHR Human Rights Field Presence in Burundi
  This page provides contact details as well as information on the terms of reference/legal authority, functions and mandate and activities of the UNHCHR in Burundi.
• UNICEF Burundi at a Glance
  This page provides summary information on the development situation in Burundi, with particular focus on children, as well as details of UNICEF programmes in the country.
• USAID Burundi Country Profile
  This site provides a summary of challenges to development in Burundi, an overview of the USAID programme in Burundi and links to country background information resources.

Government

Non-Government

• CARE USA Burundi
  Care USA's Burundi profile provides a brief country description and information on CARE projects in Burundi.
• Human Rights Watch - Burundi The Human Rights Watch, Burundi page provides background information on the human rights situation in Burundi as well as access to publications, briefing papers and transcripts of press releases.
• International Rescue Committee Burundi This site, from the International Rescue Committee provides general information on the humanitarian situation in Burundi as well as outlining the IRC's projects in Burundi.
• MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières Burundi
  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger. This page outlines MSF's initiatives in Burundi.
• Society for Women Against AIDS in Africa (SWAA) - Burundi The SWAA Burundi is a non-governmental Burundian organisation. Its mission is measure the impact of the HIV infection on the lives of women, children, families and the community and to explore the means of reducing the impact of the HIV as well as to promote prevention activities.
• TFF - Burundi The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) is a think-tank in peace research and conflict-mitigation, based in Sweden. The Burundi page provides general information about Burundi as well as reports on TFF's activities in the country.

Academic Institutions

• University of Burundi - Site in French

National Policy and Related Documents

• Republic of Burundi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
  "This PRSP is part of a two-pronged approach consisting of ongoing collaboration with population groups on major issues and stronger partnership with donors and lenders. It is a valuable tool for extricating the country from the crisis and is very timely in terms of helping the government that was democratically elected in 2005 to take concrete steps toward national reconciliation and reconstruction after so many years of conflict and economic decline." [World Bank, 2006]

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Access to health care in Burundi: results of three epidemiological surveys In the wake of the improving security situation in Burundi and in order to improve the response to the needs of the population and to allow the actors involved in health policy in Burundi to acquire reliable data on the mortality and access to health care within the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), conducted a nationwide epidemiological survey from November 2003 to January 2004.
• Addressing sexual violence in post-conflict Burundi
  "Conflict and massive population movements in Burundi have resulted in dramatic increases in rape and other forms of sexual violence." [Forced Migration Review 27 (January 2007), pp.48-49]
• Burundi: a population deprived of basic health care
  "The country’s civil war has compounded the economic crisis, and severely damaged the health sector. The government’s capacity to invest in the health sector is limited. Medical staff are lacking, infrastructure has been destroyed, and ongoing insecurity in certain regions has increased the inaccessibility of health care for many. At the same time, infectious and parasitic diseases, especially malaria, remain huge health problems." [The British Journal of General Practice, August 2004, pp.634-635]
• Costs of Multiplicity in Public Health Supply Chains in Burundi
  This project performed an assessment of the costs of multiplicity in the public health supply chains in Burundi in the context of proposed structural reform from a province-based to a district-based system. The study demonstrated that significant cost-savings and improved service levels can be realized with better transportation and inventory management practices. [author abstract] [2009 Master of Engineering in Logistics Thesis from MIT]
• Editorial: Malaria Control in the Highlands of Burundi: An Important Success Story
  "The scientific findings for the highland malaria control interventions in Burundi are yet another good example of malaria control success stories." [American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 79(1), 2008, pp. 1–2]
• Financial Stability Plan of the Expanded Programme on Immunization of Burundi The main objective of this plan is to ensure Burundi maintains the financial solidity of the country's immunization programme and to express to the government's financing partners the need for their support in continuing and improving the programme.
• Orphanhood and Childhood Vulnerability in Burundi This Country Brief explores the effect of orphanhood and fostering on child vulnerability. Evidence is presented indicating that orphanhood increases child vulnerability on two fronts: it makes it much more likely that a child is denied schooling and much more likely that a child is exposed to the dangers of work.
• Social Health Insurance, Implementing social security health care; the experience of the Mutual Benefit Society for Public Employees Burundi This report, published by the International Social Security Association examines the compulsory health insurance scheme operating for public servants and equivalent personnel in Burundi. It provides background information about the scheme, its coverage, funding and administration.
• Spatial Targeted Vector Control Is Able to Reduce Malaria Prevalence in the Highlands of Burundi
  In a highland province of Burundi, indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal net distribution were targeted in the valley, aiming also to protect the population living on the hilltops. The impact on malaria indicators was assessed, and the potential additional effect of nets evaluated. After the intervention — and compared with the control valleys — children 1–9 years old in the treated valleys had lower risks of malaria infection (odds ratio, OR: 0.55), high parasite density (OR: 0.48), and clinical malaria (OR: 0.57). The impact on malaria prevalence was even higher in infants (OR: 0.14). Using nets did not confer an additional protective effect to spraying. Targeted vector control had a major impact on malaria in the high-risk valleys but not in the less-exposed hilltops. Investment in targeted and regular control measures associated with effective case management should be able to control malaria in the highlands. [author abstract] [American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 79(1), 2008, pp. 12–18]
• Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Burundi Provided by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Burundi this site includes UN documents, reports and press releases.
• "We can't eat the Constitution":Transformation and the socioeconomic reconstruction in Burundi Published by the Institute of Security Studies, South Africa, this report looks at the reconstruction of Burundi after ten years of civil war and ethnic divisions and the prospect of democratic elections and a population in favour of a constitution

Educational Resources

• Burundi On-line Burundi On-line provides links to Burundi related internet sites.
• CDC Traveler's Health East Africa
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control's East Africa page provides information for travellers on routine vaccinations, diseases found in East Africa and other health risks.
• Einnews.com - Burundi Breaking News : Health This site provides the latest health news from Burundi.
• ReliefWeb Burundi Updates ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance.