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Bienfait CakweriMay 7, 2024

The local diabetics association, APDPD, benefits of a valuable support from the Burundi Non-communicable Diseases Alliance association. The support is aimed to improve diabetes management and provide a better quality of life for people affected by this chronic disease. Friday, May 3, 2024, the Burundi Non-communicable Diseases Alliance organised an information and support session for […]

Bienfait CakweriJanuary 14, 2024

Dr. Alexis Nizigiyimana, a native from Mugamba, a commune in Bururi province in Burundi, and now living in Canada, is a young entrepreneur who has achieved his dream of bringing quality health services back to his native region through the Ubuntu Village of Life. His commitment and determination to improve the living conditions of his […]

Guillaume MuhozaAugust 8, 2023

In a bid to improve the efficiency and punctuality of teachers and medical workers, the Minister of Interior has issued a clear message urging them to refrain from relying on free rides to commute to their workplaces. In his message, delivered on Saturday August 5, during the ceremonies of the Solidarity Day, the Minister of […]

Guillaume MuhozaApril 4, 2023

Every year, March 24 is celebrated as World Tuberculosis Day. A day established to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. Historically, the date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had […]

Guillaume MuhozaMarch 12, 2023

Shortness of breath, sweat, you have probably felt this after a steamy session with your partner, having the impression of having run a 100m, like Usain Bolt beating the record in the discipline in 2009.Researchers at the University of Almería and the University of Murcia in Spain gathered every past study they could find that […]

Guillaume MuhozaFebruary 14, 2023

With 537 millions adults – in 10 living with diabetes and 6.7 millions of deaths in 2021- every 5 seconds according to the IDF Diabetes Atlas, it would be an understatement to say that diabetes is a public health problem just like any other. Numbers are there, diabetes is no longer a western disease. Over […]

Evariste NiyonkuruFebruary 13, 2023

The Kayanza police station reported 14 suicides last year 2022, most of the committers are men yet they are believed to be mentally stronger than women. We spoke with an expert about the causes of suicides and the efforts to be made to prevent them. At least one suicide per month occurs in Kayanza […]

Guillaume MuhozaFebruary 6, 2023

February 4 has been World Cancer Day every year for twenty years.The theme of this edition is “Closing the care gap: Everyone deserves cancer care” A day devoted to prevention, research and the fight against the stigmatization of the disease. An opportunity to establish the full picture of the situation in Burundi. Cancer is a […]

Guillaume MuhozaNovember 30, 2022

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You frequently see people who are losing color in certain areas of their bodies; what disease do they have? Find out more about Vitiligo. Vitiligo is a skin disease that causes color loss in patches of skin. The disease can affect any part of the body. Melanin, a pigment, is responsible for the color of […]