Health

Health

Bujumbura : residents struggle to find drinking water

Drinking water has become scarce in the northern and southern neighborhoods of the commercial capital. Some neighborhoods can even go a whole week without being served. The population says they

Health

Bubanza : Masare health center manager on the run after stealing more than 16 million

Magnifique Ntahimpera, manager of the Masare health center in the district of Musigati in the province of Bubanza (western Burundi) is wanted by the police. According to our sources, he

Health

Burundi : authorities declare polio epidemic

The infectious disease broke out in the district of Isale in the province of Bujumbura (western Burundi) and in the commercial city of Bujumbura. The Burundian minister in charge of

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : poor quality of health services

In the Mahama camp in Rwanda, refugees denounce poor quality of services provided in dispensaries. Only urgent cases are handled. This happens at a time when the new manager of

Human Right

Mahama (Rwanda) : huduma mbaya za matibabu

Wakimbizi katika kambi ya Mahama wanalalamika kuwa hupewa huduma mbaya za matibabu kwenye vituo vya afya. Hali za dharura ndizo zinashughulikiwa peke. Hayo ni wakati mratibu mpya katika sekta ya

Health

Busoni: one dead and over a hundred people poisoned

One dead, 141 others sick on the Murore hill in the commune of Busoni in the province of Kirundo (northern Burundi). They are sick following the consumption of a prohibited

Human Right

Nyarugusu : yafungwa maduka ya dawa yasiyojulikana

Uwindaji wa wamiliki wa maduka ya dawa yasiyokuwa halali ulianzishwa ndani ya Nyarugusu. Shirika la Medical Team International linalohusika na sekta ya afya lina mpango wa kukataza tabia ya kujitibu

Society

Makamba : the morgue of the provincial hospital has been down for almost a year

According to bereaved families and staff at the Makamba hospital (southern Burundi), the morgue at the provincial hospital has been out of order for almost a year. Some families lament

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : cardiovascular diseases kill many elderly people

Medical Team International (MTI) wants to curb deaths from cardiovascular diseases in the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda. This NGO which deals with the health aspect calls on everyone, especially

Human Right

Prince-Regent Charles : the hard road of the dead to their final rest

For days, Prince Régent Charles Hospital located in the commercial capital Bujumbura has had no place in its morgue for the dead. Families of the deceased are complaining. Sources at