Rapports

Given the nature and extent of HIV/AIDS, and its high prevalence in the region, there is urgent need to contain its spread, therefore this multi-country focus of activities, is fully justified in this region's very fragile…

Highlights 8 March: International Women's Day. In Burundi the day will be officially celebrated on 19 March under a theme that encourages women to elect and be elected for important positions in the coming institutions. Refugee returns: As of 13 March, UNHCR…

Women from countries throughout the Anglican Communion have been meeting as part of the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). Forty-one delegates from 27 provinces in the Anglican Communion gathered beginning February…

HIGHLIGHTS Increased efforts against HIV/AIDS: the local association for the support to persons living with HIV (ANSS) inaugurated its centre "Turiho= we're alive" on Friday 4 March. This was also the occasion to launch the operational plan for the improvement of…

Extract Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, D.C. March 2, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you today as the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Assistant Administrator for…

BURUNDI-CANTONNEMENT Itek@ 22 février 2005. Les ex-combattants qui ont déposé les armes et qui sont rassemblés dans des camps de cantonnement depuis quelques jours éprouvent un sérieux problème d'alimentation et de soins de santé. Le président du parti Cndd-Fdd et ministre d'Etat…

Highlights Meningitis vaccination campaign: the Ministry of Health supported by WHO and UNICEF completed a meningitis vaccination campaign in 4 communes in Northern provinces of Kayanza, Ngozi and Kirundo. In Kayanza, 58% of the targeted population (total: 335,883) were vaccinated during…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated September 2, 2004. BACKGROUND Since 1993, armed conflict in Burundi has claimed 300,000 lives…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In…

Highlights Cholera update: as of 9 February, no new cases were recorded in the MSF run cholera unit for five days. Participants in the last bi-weekly health coordination meeting (9 February) suggested that the end of epidemic be declared and…