01-31-2020 ■ “People suspected of having contracted coronavirus will be quarantined at Prince Regent Charles Hospital. We have set up isolation rooms there, “Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Health announced at a joint press conference held with WHO on 31 January. He says the patient will have to spend 14 days there (...)

11-20-2019 ■ “Antimicrobial resistance threatens to undermine health security and our progress towards universal health coverage, just as it risks reversing the medical advances of the twentieth century,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa in a statement issued on the occasion of the World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019. (...)

11-17-2017 ■ Different researches show that antibiotics are building up resistance at a high level. Health professionals ask both the government and population to get involved. From 20 to 50 % antibiotics are used inappropriately. According to a research done by health professionals from January to September 2017 in Bujumbura area, (...)

11-18-2013 ■ Pneumonia, an infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, can range from mild seriousness to life-threatening. Today, it is not always well treated in Burundi. Interview with Professor Gaspard Kamamfu Respirologist at ‘Roi Khaled’ Hospital.-By Joanna Nganda What is the most common type of pneumonia in (...)