Bujumbura SOS Medical Centre

The SOS Medical Centre at Bujumbura treats about 16,000 patients a year – men, women and children. About 500 are treated as in-patients including pregnant women. The prevention programme has seen the number of patients needing treatment for malaria decrease. In addition the SOS Medical Centre carries out regular vaccination programmes for children, reviews the health of children and provides advice and help for contraception. The SOS Medical Centre carries out voluntary testing for HIV/AIDS, working with the National Council of the Fight Against AIDS, and provides anti-retroviral drugs where necessary.