CHAMA BURUNDI:Economic security, health and disability, and living conditions in old age are policy concerns throughout the world, but the nature of the problems differs considerably from continent to continent and between and within countries. In industrialized countries, old age support comes to a great extent from large public or private pension and health systems. By contrast, throughout most of the developing world, like BURUNDI, providing support for older people is still primarily a family responsibility. Traditionally in sub-Saharan Africa, the main source of support has been the household and family, supplemented in many cases by other informal mechanisms, such…