Burundi
About 200 000 deaths from malaria each year could be averted if African governments follow new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, soon to be released, and switch from the far less effective medication quinine to artesunate, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
© Jennifer Warren
International Activity Report, 2007
Despite a presidential decree in 2006 that guaranteed free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five years old, Burundi has one of the highest maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Every year 1,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula as a result of a complicated delivery are reported to the Ministry of Health. MSF works to provide care for women before and during delivery. MSF also responds to health emergencies such as nutritional crises or natural disasters.
Lifesaving maternal care
In 2009, the MSF Centre for Obstetrical Emergencies in Kabezi assisted 2,300 women who were facing...
01 March 2010
