Burundi
About Burundi
Burundi is a country in East and Central Africa with an area of 27,834 km2; it is part of the East African Community (EAC).
It is surrounded by three countries: Tanzania to the east, Rwanda to the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the shoreline of Lake Tanganyika to the southwest.
Top ten annual notifiable diseases and conditions
- Malaria
- Neonatal tetanus
- acute flaccid paralysis
- measles
- meningitis
- cholera
- Pneumonia
- TB
- hemorrhagic fever
- Malnutrition
Top ten causes of morbidity
- Malaria
- Pneumonia
- Conjunctivitis
- Helminthiasis
- Diarrhea with dehydration
- Malnutrition
- Ear’s Infection for under 5
- Traumatism
- Infectious diseases
- STIs
Top ten causes of mortality
- Malaria
- Lung Diseases
- Infection of the newborn
- Infectious diseases
- Acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea
- Trauma
- Acute respiratory distress of the newborn
- Anemia
- Diabetes
- Acute renal failure
List of priority programmes
- RMNCAH
- HIV and AIDS and STIs
- TB
- Malaria
- Immunization and Vaccines
- NCD
- Nutrition
- Neglected tropical diseases
- IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood illness)
- NDP (National Development Plan)
- NHP (National Health Policy)
- NHDP (National Health Development Plan)
- SP/RMNCAH
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- Nutrition
- Multisectoral platform for nutrition and food security with SUN strategy
- Electronic medical record (EMR)
- Follow-up of the tuberculosis patient by the DHIS2 tracker module
- Mentoring for the management of gynecological obstetric emergencies
- Introduction of a subcutaneous form of contraceptive used in self-injection
- Screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix by cryotherapy
- Introduction of HIV self-testing (through saliva)
Policy documents
Download the country's most recent Health Policy Documents
