Burkina Faso: Generic drugs made in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has just launched its first generic drug manufacturing plant. What does this mean for the country? The plant, which cost 15 billion CFA francs, currently manufactures three generic medicines, including paracetamol. It will eventually offer a dozen other...
Burkina Faso: health and social protection players harmonize their knowledge
The General Directorate of Social Protection, in collaboration with the International Labor Organization, is seeking to equip its stakeholders in the universal health insurance scheme (RAMU). The first of its kind, this 3-day event will equip trainees with techniques...
Free health care in Burkina Faso: 3.4% of patients claim to have paid for services
And three for the Observatoire citoyen sur l'accès aux services de santé (OCASS). This third report for 2021 was made public on July 1 at a press conference. OCASS is a citizen watch system set up by RAME (Réseau accès aux médicaments essentiels) and its associative...
CNAMU-BURKINA FASO: Soumaila GAMSORE takes charge of General Management
Appointed on June 22, 2022 by the Council of Ministers, Soumaïla Gamsoré is now in charge of the CNAMU. During the handover ceremony held this Friday, July 1, 2022 at the headquarters of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie Universelle, he already set himself a...
AMU in Burkina Faso: What funding mechanisms are needed for effective implementation?
What financing mechanisms are needed to make universal health insurance a reality in Burkina Faso ? The issue was the focus of a public conference held in Ouagadougou. Discussions took place between healthcare professionals and students on a master's degree in...
Health insurance in Burkina Faso: DIAKONIA’s view on implementation
Since this morning in Bobo Dioulasso, the NGO DIAKONIA has been bringing together the stakeholders involved in implementing the UHIP program. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for all players involved in the implementation of AMU (Universal Health...
Burkina Faso: CSOs build capacity on global health financing mechanisms (GFF)
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou to prepare a roadmap for the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), on the initiative of the association SOS Jeunesse et Défis, in the Global Funding Facility (GFF) process in Burkina...
Burkina Faso: CSOs build capacity on global health financing mechanisms (GFF)
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou to prepare a roadmap for the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), on the initiative of the association SOS Jeunesse et Défis, in the Global Funding Facility (GFF) process in Burkina...
CSU в Буркина-Фасо: исследователи представляют свои результаты с целью оказания влияния на лиц, принимающих решения
С марта 2019 года по октябрь 2021 года исследователи из нескольких институтов в сотрудничестве с Министерством здравоохранения Буркина-Фасо проводили исследовательский проект, посвященный успешному внедрению всеобщего охвата населения медицинскими услугами в...
CSU in Burkina Faso: Researchers present findings to influence decision-makers
From March 2019 to October 2021, a research project on the successful implementation of universal health coverage in Burkina Faso was conducted by researchers from several institutions in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The research project was entitled...
Burkina Faso: a specialist in health systems policy and management heads up the Ministry
The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Robert Lucien Jean Claude Kargougou, took up his duties in Ouagadougou on Wednesday March 9, 2022. Dr Kargougou is no stranger to Burkina Faso's healthcare sector. He has practiced in Burkina Faso and worked for international...
Burkina Faso: a specialist in health systems policy and management heads up the Ministry
The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Robert Lucien Jean Claude Kargougou, took up his duties in Ouagadougou on Wednesday March 9, 2022. Dr Kargougou is no stranger to Burkina Faso's healthcare sector. He has practiced in Burkina Faso and worked for international...
Burkina Faso: Does free health care improve the technical and relational quality of curative care?
Maurice Sarigda was awarded the degree of Doctor in Sociology with distinction " very honourable " on Friday January 14, 2022 at Joseph KI-Zerbo University. For this reason, he presented the fruit of his doctoral research on the elimination of health care...
Burkina Faso: One Health training offered in Bobo Dioulasso
Following the success of previous training sessions on the practical use of the "Onehealth" tool, "IDYNAM PLUS" Consulting services, at the request of numerous partners and organizations, is offering its FIRST 2022 training session on the "Onehealth" Unified Planning...
CSU in Burkina Faso: RAME makes the diagnosis
As part of the process of strengthening social mobilization to accelerate universal health coverage (UHC) in Burkina Faso that it has been undertaking since 2019, the Access to Essential Medicines Network (RAME) initiated a public conference this January 28, 2022. It...