BURUNDI: Diseases "remain major cause of disability, mortality"

Despite a 10-year civil war in Burundi, diseases remained the major causes of disability and mortality in three provinces surveyed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Presenting the results of the 2002 survey on Monday in the capital, Bujumbura, the IRC reported that diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, polio and measles accounted for the largest number of disabilities in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural, Makamba and Muyinga.