Countries in East Africa are among those with the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and with the highest numbers of HIV positive persons. Mobile populations, among them are truck drivers, play a significant role in the spread of both COVID-19 and HIV pandemics. The East African Community partners comprises six countries: Ā Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and…
InstabilitĆ© politique, ressources en dĆ©clin et recrudescence de lāĆ©pidĆ©mie de paludisme contribuent Ć un contexte difficile pour les subventions du Fonds mondial au Burundi
LāinstabilitĆ© politique rĆ©cente, combinĆ©e aux problĆØmes Ć©conomiques persistants, a crĆ©Ć© un contexte complexe pour la programmation au Burundi. Ce pays est lāun des cinq pays les plus pauvres au monde, et dĆ©pend fortement de lāaide extĆ©rieure pour financer son secteur sanitaire. Une tentative de coup dāĆtat en mai 2015 a engendrĆ© une crise politique. La suspension de lāaide par les…
BURUNDI CRISIS DEMONSTRATES NEED FOR FLEXIBLE HEALTH SYSTEMS
Aurelie Fontaine
OIG RELEASES REPORTS ON THREE AUDITS AND FOUR DIAGNOSTIC REVIEWS
In the first week of August, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released seven new reports covering audits conducted in Burundi, Malawi and Ukraine; and diagnostic reviews undertaken in Eritrea, Gambia, Georgia and Peru. Audits The OIG found no evidence of funds having been misappropriated in any of the audits. In the Malawi audit, the OIG identified expenditures of…