In 2013, FVS-AMADE provided the following services,
FVS-AMADE promotes access to healthcare
and fights against HIV/AIDS.
Citations:
i. "Burundi: Statistics." UNICEF, 18 Dec. 2013. Web. 2 Sept. 2014. <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/burundi_statistics.html>.
ii.Nkurunziza, Lyse. Lwacu. Les Voix De Burundi, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 2 Sept. 2014. <http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/succes-mitige-de-la-carte-dassistance-medicale/>.
iii."In Burundi, Prevention Services Help Reduce Risk of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV." UNICEF. N.p., 30 Nov. 2011. Web. 02 Sept. 2014. <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/burundi_60777.html>.
iv. Ibid, UNICEF.
v. Teams designed by Wilson Joseph from the Noun Project.
The Need
Access to healthcare remains a large problem for the majority of the population in Burundi, a country where the average life expectancy at birth is only 54.[i] Health insurance coverage remains very limited. The Minister of Health instituted a medical assistance card in 2012, but its usefulness remains minimal because due to a delay in the reimbursement period that leaves patients responsible for footing the bill. The subscription rate to this medical card program is 36.5% (as of October 2013), a large increase from its initial debut. Nonetheless, it leaves the other 63.5% of the population un-protected.[ii]
It is estimated that 3.3% of adults are living with HIV, and another 28,000 children are living with the disease as well. Among women, approximately 7,800 pregnant women are HIV-positive and risk to unknowingly infect their babies. With the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), the risk of transmission can be reduced to 2% or less. [iii] The epidemic is one of the primary causes of the high number of orphans in Burundi. Among the 680,000 total orphans in the country, 89,000 lost on or both of their parents to the disease.[iv]
