Burkina Faso-CSU: CSOs discuss in Ouagadougou
The Access to Essential Medicines Network (RAME) organized a civil society meeting on universal health coverage (UHC) this Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in Ouagadougou. This meeting is an opportunity to gather the views of the players involved on the implementation...
Burkina Faso-Public social welfare institutions: sales of FCFA 44 billion by 2020
Between 2019 and 2020, sales by Etablissements publics de prévoyance sociale (EPPS) rose by 9.7%, from FCFA 244.82 billion to FCFA 268.72 billion, an increase of FCFA 23.89 billion. These EPPSs are the Caisse Autonome de Retraite des Fonctionnaires (CARFO) , the...
Burkina Faso: FCFA 16.38 billion for health infrastructure for internally displaced persons
Burkina Faso has obtained financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement a project to strengthen primary healthcare in order to improve health and nutrition. At an estimated cost of FCFA 16.38 billion, the IDB contributed FCFA 15.37 billion. This sum...
Development research project for health policies in Burkina Faso
The overall development objective of this PRD is to help improve public health policies in Burkina Faso. Its specific aim is to strengthen the institutionalization of quality evaluation practice in the healthcare sector. To this end, the project's main research...
Burkina Faso: Health insurance fund encouraged to do better
On June 24, 2021, 19 state-owned companies presented their financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, including Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie Universelle (CNAMU). The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU) has submitted its...
MISSION TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES ON SYNERGY OF ACTION BETWEEN SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN SENEGAL
From June 27 to July 4, the various players involved in the implementation of Burkina Faso's social protection system will carry out the following activities a study tour to exchange views with Senegal's social protection stakeholders on their experiences and the...
Burkina Faso: a report sounds the alarm on difficult access to healthcare
The security and protection crisis has had an impact on the continuity of reproductive health and gender-based violence (RH/GBV) services, with a considerable drop in coverage indicators. Indeed, the healthcare system continues to come under attack, with 76 health...
Burkina Faso: a high-level plea for the effectiveness of AMU
On June 14, 2021, the NGO HELP initiated a workshop to advocate for the effectiveness of Universal Health Insurance (UHI) and the promotion of community watch throughout Burkina Faso. This workshop is part of the health sector policy support program, phase II...
Burkina Faso: free food policy reviewed
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and a team of local consultants at RESADE, ThinkWell carried out a detailed review of the free-of-charge policy. This review is part of ThinkWell's Strategic Purchasing for Primary Healthcare (SP4PHC) project to...
Free health care in Burkina Faso: an analysis
Since 2016, Burkina Faso has introduced a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five. ThinkWell and its research partner RESADE have conducted a detailed analysis of the free healthcare policy in collaboration with the Ministry of...
Burkina Faso: Over a billion euros to finance scientific research projects
The Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Pr Alkassoum Maïga, presided over a ceremony this Tuesday, May 18, 2021, to present checks to 43 research project holders. The funding, amounting to 1.6 billion CFA francs, will be used to find...
Burkina Faso: a health mutual enrolls a hundred sickle-cell-affected children
In the absence of a national program to combat sickle cell anemia, the " Project to support the fight against sickle cell disease in Burkina Faso "The project was carried out by the consortium of the Ministry of Health, CID/Burkina and GIH, with financial...
Burkina Faso: a health mutual enrolls a hundred sickle-cell-affected children
In the absence of a national program to combat sickle cell anemia, the " Project to support the fight against sickle cell disease in Burkina Faso "The project was carried out by the consortium of the Ministry of Health, CID/Burkina and GIH, with financial...
More than 115,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine delivered to Burkina Faso
Vaccine doses received on the evening of May 30, 2021 at Ouagadougou international airport by the Minister of Health, Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo and his team, accompanied by members of the COVAX mechanism (Gavi, CEPI, UNICEF and WHO - the two agencies of the United...
Burkina Faso: improving the health system is on the agenda
A toll-free number to help improve health in Burkina Faso. The AGIR/ santé en développement association aims to involve citizens in health governance by strengthening community participation in health-related decision-making. To this end, it has launched a free,...