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Burundi

HIV and AIDS in extreme poverty

Map of BurundiEighty one percent of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day. Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with a predominantly agricultural economy. There are roughly 300 people per square kilometer, making Burundi the second most population dense nation in Sub-Saharan Africa. HIV and AIDS infection rates have stabilized and have begun to drop in some areas. The real need now is for training for local medical staff to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS.

Prevention teams scheduled

Medical Teams International sent one HIV & AIDS prevention team to Burundi in 2006. We also sent two OB/Gyn teams and a shipment of essential medical supplies to Nyamata hospital, in Rwanda (Burundi’s neighbor to the north). The team trained local health care providers in prevention of mother-to-child HIV & AIDS transmission.

In the fiscal year of 2012 we will be sending three teams to Burundi. Medical Teams International will train African doctors at Hope Hospital of Kibuye who will serve throughout central Africa. In one of the ten most impoverished nations in the world, this will be a significant contribution. We need primary care physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other specialties to form the strongest teams possible to send to Burundi.

Our local partnership

We are fortunate to partner with Hope Hospital of Kibuye. Our partnerships improves our ability to effectively ship and distribute medicine as well as administer care.

Facts

  • 81% of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day
  • 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture
  • Burundi is made more vulnerable by an underdeveloped manufacturing sector
  • Violence of the Congo Wars displace families and exacerbate the already jeopardized state of health in Burundi

Our response timeline

  • 1994-96: Medical Teams International assisted the Rwandan refugees who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo to Goma.
  • 2001-2004: Medical Teams International sent four teams to treat the wounded in Goma, near the Rwandan border in response to the violence of the Congo Wars.
  • 2006: we sent one HIV & AIDS Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission team to train health care providers in Burundi.
  • Today: Medical Teams International will send three teams to Burundi in 2012 to improve medical training and services.

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