Control of neglected tropical diseases in Burundi: Partnerships, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned after four years of programme implementation.

The present paper provides a critical overview after four years of a programme that started in Burundi in June 2007. Strategies, achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and future steps for the country, especially in relation to schistosomiasis and STHs, are discussed. The onchocerciasis programme coordinated by the national programme is not described in this paper. Details on trachoma that have not been reported already by others [11] are presented as part of the ongoing activities of the NTD programme, as well as the mapping results for LF.