Burundi

ABSTRACT Truck drivers who transport cargo across borders in the East African Community partners are at high risk of contracting and transmitting the COVID-19. The truck drivers are also at a higher risk of HIV infection.

ABSTRACT The Country Coordinating Mechanism evolution initiative is at mid-point. Information from four African countries suggests mixed results: two countries with early signs of success and two where it is too early to measure success, country representatives say. Aidspan’s policy team highlights the challenges and keys to success discussed with representatives from each of the four countries featured in this article.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has provided funding for some interventions from the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. The funding has been added to an existing malaria grant in Burundi and an existing TB grant in Philippines. This is the first set of interventions from a portfolio optimization exercise conducted by the Secretariat for the 2017–2019 allocation cycle. The additional resources come from funding designated by the Audit and Finance Committee as being available for portfolio optimization.

RÉSUMÉ L’instabilité politique et les problèmes économiques persistants ont créé un contexte complexe pour la programmation au Burundi. Les subventions de lutte contre le paludisme et de lutte conjointe contre la tuberculose et le VIH récemment approuvées par le Conseil d’administration du Fonds mondial se heurtent à de nombreuses difficultés. Cet article résume les commentaires du Comité technique d’examen des propositions et du Comité d’approbation des subventions suite à leur examen des demandes de financement du Burundi.

ABSTRACT Political instability and continuing economic problems have created a complex environment for programming in Burundi. Malaria and TB/HIV grants recently approved by the Global Fund Board are facing numerous challenges. This article summarizes the comments of the Technical Review Panel and the Grant Approvals Committee when it reviewed Burundi’s funding requests.

ABSTRACT Violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Burundi sent tens of thousands of people fleeing both inside and beyond the borders of the central African state. These displacements were only one consequence of the crisis in the capital that stretched the capacity of an already-strapped health system: demonstrating a need for flexibility in resourcing in so-called challenging operating environments.

RÉSUMÉ Depuis fin avril, le Burundi connaît une crise politique qui s’est accompagnée de manifestations violemment réprimées par la police dans la capitale, Bujumbura. L’opposition et la société civile contestent la volonté du président Pierre Nkurunziza de se présenter pour un troisième mandat. Depuis plusieurs semaines, le système de santé fonctionne au ralenti, sans que cela n’ait pour l'instant, de graves conséquences sur l’accès aux soins ni sur la chaîne d'approvisionnement des médicaments.

ABSTRACT In the first week of August, the Office of the Inspector General released seven new reports covering audits conducted in Burundi, Malawi and Ukraine; and diagnostic reviews undertaken in Eritrea, Gambia, Georgia and Peru. The OIG found no evidence of grant funds having been misappropriated. In the audit of grants to Malawi, the OIG identified expenditures of $4 million that it deemed ineligible or unsupported. Malawi has already agreed to pay back at least $3.3 million.