Information
- Submitted by: Burundi
- Topic: Health and population
- Keywords: Public health and population; Youth and Women; Public financial support
- Location: Burundi
- Date of completion: 2015
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Deliverables & Resources
Action network
- This voluntary initiative came from Every Woman Every Child
Burundi commits to increase the allocation to health sector from 8% in 2011 to 15% in 2015
Description/achievement of initiative
Burundi commits to increase the allocation to health sector from 8% in 2011 to 15% in 2015, with a focus on women and children’s health; increase the number of midwives from 39 in 2010 to 250, and the number of training schools for midwives from 1 in 2011 to 4 in 2015; increase the percentage of births attended by a skilled birth attendant from 60% in 2010 to 85% in 2015. Burundi also commits to increase contraception prevalence from 18.9% in 2010 to 30%; PMTCT service coverage from 15% in 2010 to 85% with a focus on integration with reproductive health; and reduce percentage of underweight children under-five from 29% to 21% by 2015.
Implementation methodologies
By increasing the allocation to health sectors and for further information please refer to the following deliverables.
Deliverables
| Deliverable | Date |
| Reduce percentage of underweight children under-five from 29% to 21% by 2015. | 2015 |
| Increase contraception prevalence from 18.9% in 2010 to 30%; PMTCT service coverage from 15% in 2010 to 85% with a focus on integration with reproductive health; and reduce percentage of underweight children under-five from 29% to 21% by 2015. | 2015 |
| Increase the percentage of births attended by a skilled birth attendant from 60% in 2010 to 85% in 2015. | 2015 |
| Increase the number of training schools for midwives from 1 in 2011 to 4 in 2015. | 2015 |
| Increase the number of midwives from 39 in 2010 to 250. | 2015 |