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World Health Organization (WHO) - Burundi
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Safeguarding the health of mothers and newborns in Burundi

As part of its ongoing support to the government, particularly in the area of maternal and newborn health, WHO has also helped to upskill health personnel, provided essential supplies and equipment, and supported the development of key strategic documents

Burundi had never seen anything like it before: on a Saturday in December 2022, 35-year-old Johari gave birth to six babies. She had been transferred from the southern town of Rumonge to the Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura for specialized care. “Everyone was astonished that day; it was unbelievable,” she…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Burundi
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Burundi launches first polio vaccination campaign in more than a decade

The country has prepared more than 3.7 million doses of nOPV2 vaccine for administration over the next four days

Burundi’s health authorities today launched the country’s first national polio vaccination campaign since 2011, targeting nearly 3 million children under seven years of age following the first alerts of circulating poliovirus type 2 in more than three decades. Supported by World Health Organization and other Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners,…

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In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Burundian Ministry of Health has trained 120 health workers to know how to identify, treat and report instances of gender-based violence

Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband as a particularly dark period of her life. “I thought about killing myself, but I was afraid of leaving my children alone,” says the 23-year-old mother of five, who lives in Kirundo province in…