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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]