Burundi

Our integrated programs in Burundi respond to multiple health needs at once. We work closely with local partners to integrate sexual and reproductive health care with services for HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment; maternal, newborn, and child health; malaria; nutrition; and gender-based violence prevention and response to climate change resilience. We strengthen the health care system including the capacity of healthcare providers to offer quality services. We help to strengthen particularly the Emergency Obstetrical care by providing essential inputs like fuel and make available blood for transfusion given hemorrhage is the first cause death in maternal mortality.

Pathfinder works in Burundi to respond to local health needs by strengthening the health system to offer quality, integrated health care that advances sexual and reproductive health and rights. Operating in a post-conflict environment, our programs improve health system resilience to shocks and stressors. Our diverse expertise support women and girls and Burundi to access quality health care and the financial resources they need to care for themselves and their families. Our high-impact maternal and child health interventions reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality. And our integrated programs broaden contraceptive choice; expand access to emergency obstetric care; and support home-based care for malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia. We work with our local partners to develop platforms for women-led and youth-led climate resilience and reproductive health solutions, and community dialogue for social and behavior change. 

• Contraceptive Choice
  We improve both the quality and reach of services that offer a full range of contraceptive choices. This means strengthening the capacity of health facilities to offer contraception and partnering with the government and private sector to strengthen the health information system and advocate for increased funding. Across communities, we facilitate dialogues with couples that encourage acceptance of modern contraception, particularly among men.
• Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 
  Pathfinder improves young people’s knowledge and skills so that they can make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health rights. We also expand young people’s access to and use of services by improving the quality of services and stimulating demand. Pathfinder advocates for an enabling policy environment and the allocation of adequate funding to adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health services
• Postabortion Care
  We work within communities to provide information on postabortion care and combat stigma about seeking these life-saving services. At the same time, we strengthen the capacity of providers and health facilities to provide comprehensive, quality post-abortion care. We work with the Ministry of Health to prepare and distribute national clinical and operational guidelines and with civil society to advocate for better legislation on postabortion care. 
• Health Workforce
  Pathfinder works with health providers based in facilities to offer enhanced supervision to community health workers through simple, low-cost strategies like sharing the names and addresses of people that have missed appointments so that the community health workers can easily follow-up; broadening the services offered during each home visit; and pre-verifying data before submission to the national health information system. Our trainings for community health workers have included a focus on data collection and management; interventions proven to curb the number of mothers and children falling ill and dying from preventable causes, such as community management of common childhood illnesses including malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea; and access to the community-based distribution of contraceptives, including Sayana Press. 
• Health Systems Strengthening
  We strengthen the capacity of Burundi’s health system to deliver quality, integrated services at scale. This includes improving the health management information system, ensuring availability of necessary supplies and commodities, and strengthening the capacity of the health workforce to respond to local health needs.