[2] The Rema Hospital serves the Ruyigi health district, and also receives patients from nearby provinces.

[3] The Ministry of Health reports that the status is public but does not give the target area population or quality of service metrics.

[4] A center for mother and child care was built in 2007 by the Belgian and Burundian armies on land near Ruyigi owned by the family of Maggy Barankitse.

[6] In October 2013 the Maison Shalom held a celebration of its 20th anniversary in the Rema Hospital grounds, attended by guests from the national government, UN organization representatives, ambassadors and other Europeans and Americans.

The incubators were no longer working, pipes were broken, lamps had not been replaced, the grass was not mowed and a police position was occupying the maternal and child protection center.