Religion and Sexual and Reproductive HealthPolicyinBurundi

Abstract

Faced with multifaceted challenges in the area of sexual and reproductive health, such as teenage pregnancies in schools, gender-based violence, early marriages, low adherence to family planning, very high fertility rates, among many, the Burundian government has since 2007 undertook a national reproductive health policy. The policy is based on eight components, including (to focus on what is most relevant to us): family planning, prevention and treatmentofabortions,preventionandtreatmentofSTIsandHIV/AIDS,andpromotionofRHamongyoungpeopleandadolescents,etc.However,theimplementationprocessofthesaidpolicyremainsachallenge.Theministriesinchargeofhealthandeducation,respectively,advocatemoderncontraceptivemethodsandsexualityeducationin