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Burundi is one of the poorest African countries, burdened by a high prevalence of communicable, maternal, neonatal, nutritional, and non-communicable diseases. The burden of communicable diseases generally outweighs the burden of other diseases.[1] Mothers and children are among those most vulnerable to this burden.[citation needed]
Civilians in Burundi have lived through years of conflict due to the civil war, leaving many civilians facing economic crisis. The government has had limited capacity to invest in the health system, so the health infrastructure is poor.[2]
The link between health and poverty is undeniable. Many Burundians do not have access to primary health care.[2] Despite this, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative[3] finds that Burundi is fulfilling what it should be for the right to health based on income levels.[4]
Burundi had the lowest consumption of antibiotics of any country in the world in 2015 with a rate of 4.4 defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day.[5]
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- ^ a b Philips, M.; Ooms, G.; Hargreaves, S.; Durrant, A. (2004). "Burundi: a population deprived of basic health care". The British Journal of General Practice. 54 (505): 634–635. PMC 1324857. PMID 15517690.
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Burundi – HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "UK antibiotic consumption twice that of the Netherlands, WHO report finds". Pharmaceutical Journal. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.