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Criminal judges lack independence in Burundi. Most of the challenges they face are of a statutory nature and are therefore common to all judges, regardless their subject matter jurisdiction. The legal framework as well as the political culture makes the judiciary dependent upon the executive branch of government, almost entirely. Although the constitution provides for separation of powers and for independence of the Judiciary, judges are ...

'Malnutrition and HIV infection in children in a hospital milieu in Burundi': HIV infection was present in 18 out of 40 (45%) consecutive malnourished children aged 2 to 29 months in pediatric wards of Bujumbura, Burundi. No difference was observed within and between the seropositive and seronegative groups for sex and anthropometric measures. HIV seropositive cases could be explained by a HIV seropositive mother (83%) or by a transfusion ...

Praziquantel and oxamniquine were evaluated under operational conditions for use in mass-treatment campaigns in the Rusizi Plain, Burundi. After 6 weeks, the cure rates for oxamniquine at 20, 30 and 40 mg/kg in children (less than 20 years) were respectively 47%, 67% and 86%; in adults they were 86%, 97% and 97%. The egg reduction rates were over 98% in all groups. For praziquantel at 20, 30 and 40 mg/kg the cure rates in children were ...

The global farming conditions have gone profound mutations that steadily increased vulnerability among smallholder farmers. As consequence, rural households have set mechanisms of livelihood adaptation in order to preserve consumption requirements and secure the family living. They define livelihood through a complex system and interactions, taking place across scales that lead to emergent properties and self-regulatory mechanisms. This paper ...

'Motivation to acquire and use impregnated mosquito nets in a stable malaria zone in Burundi': In Burundi, the purchase, acceptance and utilization of impregnated bed nets sold at a promotion price (2 $US) were evaluated in a stable malaria area (South-Imbo, district of Nyanza Lac) where this method of protection was previously unknown to the inhabitants. The sale of the impregnated nets differed between the administrative subdivisions ...

'The fight against malaria vectors in the context of a rural development project in Burundi': In the context of a large project for the socio-economic improvement of the Imbo area of Burundi, measures were taken for the integration at all levels of malaria control: health centres for improvement of curative care; hygiene and sanitation centres, communes and agricultural projects for vector control; craftsmen, cooperatives and social centres for ...

'Response of Plasmodium falciparum to quinine in a hospital environment in a chloroquine-resistant region. Bujumbura, Republic of Burundi': Plasmodium falciparum's response to quinine (7.5 g of base in 5 dastudied in vivo in 58 adult patients hospitalized in 1985--47% presented a pernicious malaria fever three deaths were registered during treatment, two of them attributed to late hospitalization, and the third patient was struck down by a ...

African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease that causes high mortality, approaching 100%, in domestic pigs and wild boars. The disease has neither a cure nor a vaccine, and it is caused by an ASF virus (ASFV), the only member of the family Asfarviridae, genus Asfivirus, and the only known DNA arbovirus. Twenty-four genotypes of ASFV have been described to date, and all of them have been described in Africa. ASF is endemic in Burundi, ...