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FAO set to begin seed distribution

    NAIROBI

    Two hundred and fifty thousand vulnerable households will receive seed distributions of 10 kg per family starting 7 February, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Distributions, set to meet the 2001 B season extending from February to June, will prioritise provinces with high malnutrition rates. The medical NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned last Friday of growing malnutrition rates in the northern province of Karuzi.

    Eighty percent of new arrivals to health centres and hospitals countrywide suffer from Malaria according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). A survey coordinated by the Burundian ministry of health is currently underway to find out which medication works best to treat uncomplicated cases of malaria in Burundi. Meanwhile, MSF is in the process of finalising a study on resistance of certain types of malaria against the antimalarials Fansidar and Chloroquine or a combination of both in Kayanza and Ngozi provinces. Malaria and malnutrition are the main reason for the currently perceived increase of anaemia in the provinces of Karuzi, Kayanza and Mwaro.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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