Feeding & Medical Care Projects in Burundi

In the Bujumbura area and in Kayanza, MSF continues to provide surgical care to civilians wounded by the war. Access to the Bujumbura neighborhoods of Kamenge and Kinama was cut off for several weeks in March 2001 by fighting. Mobile teams worked in Kamenge during the fighting, and a center for war-wounded treated 80-100 patients. After once again gaining access to Kinama, MSF launched two clinics there. MSF also assisted 2,000 families who fled Bujumbura Rural during the fighting for refuge in the Mubone area.

In Makamba, a region in southern Burundi that is home to a large displaced population, MSF was finally able to restart its medical program in May 2001 after being denied access to the area for almost a year. An MSF surgeon works in the hospital.

In Bujumbura, Bujumbura Rural, Karuzi, and Cancuzo, MSF continues its ongoing preventive and curative programs that provide basic medical care, vaccinations, mother-and-child care, and nutrition support, through a network of hospitals, health posts, and mobile clinics.

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