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Contributor [1]
Monday, June 12, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
259 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A new policy of free medical care for Burundian mothers and children was intended to improve their lives; instead it has crippled the nation's health system. Public hospitals in Burundi have recorded double, sometimes triple, the number of patients since a presidential directive for free paediatric and maternal health services was implemented on May 1.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/35016 [5]
Country: 
Burundi [6]

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