Burundi: MSF Treats 60 People Wounded in Grenade Explosions
Press releaseBurundi: MSF Treats 60 People Wounded in Grenade Explosions
November 18, 2015
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 60 injured people at its trauma center on Monday after grenades exploded in several Bujumbura neighborhoods.
The MSF team launched a mass casualty plan on Monday morning to treat the rapid influx of wounded, triaging to treat the most serious cases first.
"We opened a second operating room and performed five emergency surgeries in the hours that followed," said Richard Veerman, MSF program...
Source: MSF News - November 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elias Primoff Source Type: news
Burundi: Govt and IFAD to Combat Local Food Insecurity and Malnutrition, and Add Value to Smallholder Farmers' Products
[IFAD] Rome -The Republic of Burundi and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement today to finance the second phase of the Value Chain Development Programme (PRODEFI-II). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Using Mobile Cinema to Help Ward Off Cholera Outbreak Among Refugee Population
[IFRC] For months they have poured over the border into Rwanda, thousands of Burundi nationals, fleeing pre-election violence in their homeland. The latest count has pegged the number of refugees at more than 77,000, the majority of whom are currently living at Mahama camp in eastern Rwanda. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 2, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Burundi: No Money for Contraceptives, Safe Births At New Refugee Camps
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -Thousands of Burundian refugees risk unwanted pregnancies, dangerous deliveries and unsafe abortions when they move next week to camps without reproductive health services, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 30, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
No money for contraceptives, safe births for Burundi refugees at new camps
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Burundian refugees risk unwanted pregnancies, dangerous deliveries and unsafe abortions when they move next week to camps without reproductive health services, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Burundi: Beyond Political Violence - an Economy in Crisis
[The Conversation Africa] Burundi may have slipped off the world's attention, but the crisis that erupted in May when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would seek a third term is far from being resolved. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 19, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
School-based mental health intervention for children in war-affected Burundi: a cluster randomized trial - Tol WA, Komproe IH, Jordans MJ, Ndayisaba A, Ntamutumba P, Sipsma H, Smallegange ES, Macy RD, de Jong JT.
BACKGROUND: Armed conflicts are associated with a wide range of impacts on the mental health of children and adolescents. We evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based intervention aimed at reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression,... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Understanding resilience in armed conflict: social resources and mental health of children in Burundi - Hall BJ, Tol WA, Jordans MJ, Bass J, de Jong JT.
We examined the longitudinal association between cognitive social capital and mental health (depression and posttraumatic stress disord... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Violence in Burundi triggers refugee crisis - Green A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Burundi: Young People Lead On HIV Response in Burundi
[Key Correspondents] Around the world many young people remain unaware of their HIV status, which is the second biggest cause of adolescent deaths. But in Burundi, young people are leading the way to address this issue. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Burundi: How Young People in Burundi Are Tackling HIV
[Key Correspondents] On World Sexual Health Day (4 September), HIV youth advocates are highlighting the fact that the disease is the number one cause of adolescent deaths in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Burundi: “We Treat Anyone Who Is Injured, Whatever Their Politics”
Voice from the FieldBurundi: “We Treat Anyone Who Is Injured, Whatever Their Politics”
August 25, 2015
Over the past four months, violent clashes between police and protesters in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura have caused hundreds injuries and displaced some 185,000 people into neighboring countries. While mass protests against President Nkurunziza’s third-term electoral bid have now died down, the city remains tense and the nights are punctuated by sporadic violence. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission Bruno Duchenne describes the situation. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - August 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Editorial Intern Source Type: news
130K Refugees Get Oral Cholera Vaccine in Tanzania Camp
Video130K Refugees Get Oral Cholera Vaccine in Tanzania Camp
July 30, 2015
A cholera vaccination campaign to protect Burundian and Congolese refugees in Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania has been completed (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Melissa Pracht Source Type: news
Tanzania: MSF Vaccinates 130,000 Refugees Against Cholera
Field newsTanzania: MSF Vaccinates 130,000 Refugees Against Cholera
July 30, 2015
Kigoma/Geneva, 30th July 2015—A cholera vaccination campaign to protect Burundian and Congolese refugees in the overflowing Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania has been completed by the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this week. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Editorial Intern Source Type: news
Working to Treat Malnourished Burundi Refugees in Tanzania
VideoWorking to Treat Malnourished Burundi Refugees in Tanzania
July 21, 2015
As people in Burundi continue to flee political unrest, MS) is responding to refugees' medical needs in Nyarugusu camp, just over the Tanzania border. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Editorial Intern Source Type: news
