Health in Burundi:
Like
other public services in the Country, health services in Burundi
have suffered due to decades of instability and conflict in the
Country.
Public health facilities such as hospitals and
dispensaries are ill equipped to deal with serious medical
cases. Medication
and standard vaccines are a problem for many Burundians.
HIV/ AIDS provides the biggest health problem in Burundi. In
2003, it was estimated that about 250,000 people were living
with HIV/ AIDS in the Country. Other major health risks are Malaria,
Typhoid Fever, Hepatitis A and Diarrhoea. Water hygiene is also
a problem and safe tap drinking water especially out of Bujumbura
is hard to come by.
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